Channel catfish clean, catfish mainly survive in freshwater rivers, usually live in the bottom of the river, foraging for food is also in the middle and lower layers of the water body activities. Catfish larvae feed on aquatic insects, zooplankton, plant bait, etc., adult fish eat loach, whelk, shrimp, etc., or very clean.

But in the clean water among the breeding of Egyptian catfish is also able to eat, but some live in the metal pollution of the river, will inevitably absorb some harmful substances, in the dirty environment of the growth of Egyptian catfish, will be with a fishy odor.

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Channel catfish and catfish difference

Difference 1, the family is different:

They all belong to the catfish order, but the catfish is the family of Luru, the genus of fish, catfish is the family of catfish, the genus of fish catfish.

Difference 2, the body surface is different:

Their body surface are not fish scales, but the catfish head is smaller, there are two dorsal fins, the tail is forked; catfish head is bigger, only a dorsal fin, the tail is rounded and fan-shaped, the body surface more mucus.

Difference 3, body color is different:

Channel catfish body color is pink, back slightly gray, white abdomen, fins for gray-black; catfish body color is usually dark brown or gray-black, slightly dark cloudy patches.

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