Egyptian bearded catfish, also known as leather bearded catfish, Egyptian pondweed. Native to the Nile River system in Africa, China introduced from Egypt in 1981. Egyptian bearded catfish wide diet, fast growth, individual large, low oxygen resistance. Egyptian bearded catfish body color black, ***8 beard, head more flat.

Egyptian bearded catfish in taxonomy belongs to the bearded catfish family, bearded catfish genus. The body is cylindrical, flatter than the local bearded catfish head, body more extended, mouth slightly inferior, tentacles developed, smaller eyes. The back of the head has many bony particles protruding in a radial arrangement, the edges of the fins are reddish, the side of the body has black spots and grayish-white cloudy patches, the pectoral and abdominal parts are white, and the slits of the mouth are wider. The number of gill rakers is 52-90, dorsal fin is 65-76, pectoral fin rays, 8-9, anal fin rays 52-55, ventral fin rays 1-5, and vertebrae 58-62. Body length is 7-8.8 times the height of the body, and 4.6-5.2 times the length of the head, and the head length is 1.1-1.5 times the height of the body, and 2.8-3.2 times the length of the muzzle.