The difference between Egyptian fish and catfish:

1. The growth and distribution areas are different.

Egyptian fish is native to the Nile River system in Africa. Trial breeding was introduced in my country in 1981. In 1982, Guangdong's freshwater breeding breeding farm succeeded in self-cultivation and breeding. Now it has been promoted in most areas of South China and Central China. It is one of the high-yielding freshwater aquaculture species in Guangdong and Guangxi.

Catfish are found throughout the world.

2. Different classifications.

The categories of Egyptian fish are: teleosts, order Siuriformes, catfish family, and genus Catfish.

The categories of catfish are: Actinopterygii, Catidae, Catfish genus.

3. Different morphological characteristics.

The morphological characteristics of Egyptian fish: black body color, 8 whiskers, and a flat head. The body is cylindrical, with a flatter head than local catfish, a longer body, a slightly lower mouth, well-developed tentacles, and smaller eyes. There are many bony particles protruding on the back of the head, arranged in a radial pattern, the edges of the fins are light red, there are black spots and gray-white cloud-like patches on the sides of the body, the chest and abdomen are white, and the mouth cleft is wide.

The morphological characteristics of catfish: elongated body, flat head, and laterally flat tail. The mouth is in the lower position, the mouth cleft is small, and the end only reaches below the edge of the eye. Protruding jaw. The space between the teeth is thin and villi-like. The jaw teeth and pear teeth are arranged in a curved belt shape. The pear bone tooth belt is continuous and the middle part of the posterior edge is slightly concave. The eyes are small and covered with membrane. Adult fish have 2 pairs of barbels, the upper barbels can reach as deep as the end of the pectoral fin, and the lower barbels are shorter.