Friday, March 19, 2010

Catfish family

Catfish is freshwater fish which many found in ASEAN countries, especially in Malaysia. In some place especially in Selangor, catfish cited as "semilang fish". To persons Perak, just alive semilang fish at sea.

Available catfish in most paddy field, for example in Pahang, in Paya Pahang Tua, Mambang, Ganchong and Paloh Hinai, Pekan. It also often found in Tasik Chini, Paya Bungor or Bera. River cat-fish also inhabit in little stream confluence such as Sungai Lepar in Paloh Hinai to to Jerantut and Kuala Lipis, apart from in Sungai Bera and Sungai Serting.

1. Wood Catfish
2. Flower Catfish
3. Eksotika Catfish
4. Catfish Catfish
5. Kati Eye 's Catfish
6. Russia Catfish
7. Africa Catfish
8. Rapids Catfish
9. Forest Catfish

Livestock fish

Catfish can be preserved in large pool or just in pool. It easy to breed by feed chicken residue, chicken fat and so on. Price one kilo catfish already cleaned fish only RM5.00 Semenyih at market.

In Javanese language and in Indonesia generally, catfish mentioned "fish lele".

Belief
For some place especially in Hilir Perak and Kampung Gajah, Perak, catfish uneaten or less eaten because belief 'ancient' catfish derived from tadpole, namely young frog.

If drowning people in Sungai Perak, body drift and have been decomposed the usually eaten by catfish. They found in that body a few catfish. May be because stories as such, catfish 'less favoured' in Hilir Perak and Kampung Gajah, Perak.

On the other hand in Semenyih, Selangor, catfish be special dish in family feast.

Catfish family
  1. Akysidae
  2. Amblycipitidae
  3. Amphiliidae
  4. Ariidae
  5. Aspredinidae
  6. Astroblepidae
  7. Auchenipteridae
  8. Bagridae
  9. Callichthyidae
  10. Cetopsidae
  11. Chacidae
  12. Clariidae
  13. Claroteidae
  14. Cranoglanididae
  15. Diplomystidae
  16. Doradidae
  17. Hypophthalmidae
  18. Ictaluridae
  19. Lacantuniidae
  20. Loricariidae
  21. Malapteruridae
  22. Mochokidae
  23. Nematogenyidae
  24. Pangasiidae
  25. Parakysidae
  26. Pimelodidae
  27. Plotosidae
  28. Schilbeidae
  29. Scoloplacidae
  30. Siluridae
  31. Sisoridae
  32. Trichomycteridae

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