Joel Sartore Joel Sartore

National Geographic Photographer and Speaker

Keyword: Catfish

An undescribed species of catfish (Aspidoras sp.) at L’aquarium tropical du palais de la Porte DorŽe.

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An undescribed species of catfish (Aspidoras sp.) at L’aquarium tropical du palais de la Porte DorŽe.

An undescribed species of catfish (Aspidoras sp.) at L’aquarium tropical du palais de la Porte DorŽe.

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An undescribed species of catfish (Aspidoras sp.) at L’aquarium tropical du palais de la Porte DorŽe.

An undescribed species of catfish (Aspidoras sp.) at L’aquarium tropical du palais de la Porte DorŽe.

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An undescribed species of catfish (Aspidoras sp.) at L’aquarium tropical du palais de la Porte DorŽe.

Hardhead sea catfish (Ariopsis felis) at Gulf Specimen Marine Lab and Aquarium.

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Hardhead sea catfish (Ariopsis felis) at Gulf Specimen Marine Lab and Aquarium.

Hardhead sea catfish (Ariopsis felis) at Gulf Specimen Marine Lab and Aquarium.

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Hardhead sea catfish (Ariopsis felis) at Gulf Specimen Marine Lab and Aquarium.

Picture of a brown bullhead (Ameiurus nebulosus) at the Buttonwood Park Zoo in New Bedford, Massachusetts.

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A brown bullhead (Ameiurus nebulosus) at the Buttonwood Park Zoo in New Bedford, Massachusetts.

Picture of a brown bullhead (Ameiurus nebulosus) at the Buttonwood Park Zoo in New Bedford, Massachusetts.

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A brown bullhead (Ameiurus nebulosus) at the Buttonwood Park Zoo in New Bedford, Massachusetts.

A tiger-striped catfish (Brachyplatystoma tigrinum) at the Dallas World Aquarium.

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A tiger-striped catfish (Brachyplatystoma tigrinum) at the Dallas World Aquarium.

A tiger-striped catfish (Brachyplatystoma tigrinum) at the Dallas World Aquarium.

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A tiger-striped catfish (Brachyplatystoma tigrinum) at the Dallas World Aquarium.

A tiger-striped catfish (Brachyplatystoma tigrinum) at the Dallas World Aquarium.

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A tiger-striped catfish (Brachyplatystoma tigrinum) at the Dallas World Aquarium.

Photo: A brother and sister catch a channel catfish from a farm pond near Valparaiso, Nebraska.

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A brother and sister catch a channel catfish from a farm pond near Valparaiso, Nebraska.

A juvenile flathead catfish (Pylodictus olivaris) at Gavins Point National Fish Hatchery and Aquarium.

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A juvenile flathead catfish (Pylodictus olivaris) at Gavins Point National Fish Hatchery and Aquarium.

A black bullhead (Ameiurus melas) at Gavins Point National Fish Hatchery and Aquarium.

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A black bullhead (Ameiurus melas) at Gavins Point National Fish Hatchery and Aquarium.

A black bullhead (Ameiurus melas) at Gavins Point National Fish Hatchery and Aquarium.

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A black bullhead (Ameiurus melas) at Gavins Point National Fish Hatchery and Aquarium.

A juvenile flathead catfish (Pylodictus olivaris) at Gavins Point National Fish Hatchery and Aquarium.

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A juvenile flathead catfish (Pylodictus olivaris) at Gavins Point National Fish Hatchery and Aquarium.

A juvenile flathead catfish (Pylodictus olivaris) at Gavins Point National Fish Hatchery and Aquarium.

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A juvenile flathead catfish (Pylodictus olivaris) at Gavins Point National Fish Hatchery and Aquarium.

A black bullhead (Ameiurus melas) at Gavins Point National Fish Hatchery and Aquarium.

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A black bullhead (Ameiurus melas) at Gavins Point National Fish Hatchery and Aquarium.

A black bullhead (Ameiurus melas) at Gavins Point National Fish Hatchery and Aquarium.

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A black bullhead (Ameiurus melas) at Gavins Point National Fish Hatchery and Aquarium.

A black bullhead (Ameiurus melas) at Gavins Point National Fish Hatchery and Aquarium.

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A black bullhead (Ameiurus melas) at Gavins Point National Fish Hatchery and Aquarium.

A juvenile flathead catfish (Pylodictus olivaris) at Gavins Point National Fish Hatchery and Aquarium.

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A juvenile flathead catfish (Pylodictus olivaris) at Gavins Point National Fish Hatchery and Aquarium.

A critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered giant pangasius catfish (Pangasius sanitwongsei).

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A critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered giant pangasius catfish (Pangasius sanitwongsei).

A diamondback water snake (Nerodia rhombifer rhombifer) tries to swallow a catfish at Bayou De View in the Cache River National Wildlife Refuge, Arkansas.

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A diamondback water snake (Nerodia rhombifer rhombifer) tries to swallow a catfish at Bayou De View in the Cache River National Wildlife Refuge, Arkansas.

A diamondback water snake (Nerodia rhombifer rhombifer) tries to swallow a catfish at Bayou De View in the Cache River National Wildlife Refuge, Arkansas.

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A diamondback water snake (Nerodia rhombifer rhombifer) tries to swallow a catfish at Bayou De View in the Cache River National Wildlife Refuge, Arkansas.

A diamondback water snake (Nerodia rhombifer rhombifer) tries to swallow a catfish at Bayou De View in the Cache River National Wildlife Refuge, Arkansas.

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A diamondback water snake (Nerodia rhombifer rhombifer) tries to swallow a catfish at Bayou De View in the Cache River National Wildlife Refuge, Arkansas.

A diamondback water snake (Nerodia rhombifer rhombifer) tries to swallow a catfish at Bayou De View in the Cache River National Wildlife Refuge, Arkansas.

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A diamondback water snake (Nerodia rhombifer rhombifer) tries to swallow a catfish at Bayou De View in the Cache River National Wildlife Refuge, Arkansas.

A diamondback water snake (Nerodia rhombifer rhombifer) tries to swallow a catfish at Bayou De View in the Cache River National Wildlife Refuge, Arkansas.

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A diamondback water snake (Nerodia rhombifer rhombifer) tries to swallow a catfish at Bayou De View in the Cache River National Wildlife Refuge, Arkansas.

A diamondback water snake (Nerodia rhombifer rhombifer) tries to swallow a catfish at Bayou De View in the Cache River National Wildlife Refuge, Arkansas.

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A diamondback water snake (Nerodia rhombifer rhombifer) tries to swallow a catfish at Bayou De View in the Cache River National Wildlife Refuge, Arkansas.

A diamondback water snake (Nerodia rhombifer rhombifer) tries to swallow a catfish at Bayou De View in the Cache River National Wildlife Refuge, Arkansas.

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A diamondback water snake (Nerodia rhombifer rhombifer) tries to swallow a catfish at Bayou De View in the Cache River National Wildlife Refuge, Arkansas.

A diamondback water snake (Nerodia rhombifer rhombifer) tries to swallow a catfish at Bayou De View in the Cache River National Wildlife Refuge, Arkansas.

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A diamondback water snake (Nerodia rhombifer rhombifer) tries to swallow a catfish at Bayou De View in the Cache River National Wildlife Refuge, Arkansas.

A diamondback water snake (Nerodia rhombifer rhombifer) tries to swallow a catfish at Bayou De View in the Cache River National Wildlife Refuge, Arkansas.

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A diamondback water snake (Nerodia rhombifer rhombifer) tries to swallow a catfish at Bayou De View in the Cache River National Wildlife Refuge, Arkansas.

A diamondback water snake (Nerodia rhombifer rhombifer) tries to swallow a catfish at Bayou De View in the Cache River National Wildlife Refuge, Arkansas.

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A diamondback water snake (Nerodia rhombifer rhombifer) tries to swallow a catfish at Bayou De View in the Cache River National Wildlife Refuge, Arkansas.

Photo: A flathead catfish (Pylodictis olivaris) at the Gavins Point National Fish Hatchery, Yankton, South Dakota.

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A flathead catfish (Pylodictis olivaris) at the Gavins Point National Fish Hatchery, Yankton, South Dakota.

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