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'''Catfishes''' ('''Siluriformes''')are a very diverse group of ]. Most are found in freshwater environments of all kinds, but there are also a couple Atlantic Ocean species. They range in size and behavior from well over a hundred pound fish eaters, to detritivores (species that eat dead material on the bottom), even to a tiny parasitic species commonly called the ''']''' (''Vandellia cirrhosa'').
'''Catfishes''' ('''Siluriformes''') are a very diverse group of ]. Most are found in freshwater environments of all kinds, but there are also a couple of Atlantic Ocean species. They range in size and behavior from well over a hundred pound fish eaters, to detritivores (species that eat dead material on the bottom), even to a tiny parasitic species commonly called the ''']''' (''Vandellia cirrhosa'').
They belong to a superorder called the Ostariophysi, which also includes the ], ], and ].
They belong to a superorder called the Ostariophysi, which also includes the ], ], and ].
Catfishes (Siluriformes) are a very diverse group of fishes. Most are found in freshwater environments of all kinds, but there are also a couple of Atlantic Ocean species. They range in size and behavior from well over a hundred pound fish eaters, to detritivores (species that eat dead material on the bottom), even to a tiny parasitic species commonly called the candiru (Vandellia cirrhosa).