There are many lesser-known facts about Ohio, and one of the more unfortunate is a rare animal species that went extinct ...

They also have barbels resembling a cat’s whiskers around their mouths that are equipped with taste receptors. When used together, these sensory organs help catfish find food in murky water and ...

Catfish are easily recognizable by their feline-like “whiskers,” called barbels. North American catfish belong to the family Ictaluridae, which includes around 50 species. It is the largest ...

They are distinguished from other large catfish species by their near-total lack of barbels, or “whiskers,” as well as by the absence of teeth. (Juveniles have barbels, but these features ...

They’re a bit like tongues that swim. The taste buds are packed in together most in a catfish’s whiskers, which are called barbels. Catfish often live at the bottom of murky rivers where it ...

Because the river is turbid – exactly the colour of teh tarik – Wei says the goonch do not hunt by sight and instead, rely on their barbels (sometimes called catfish whiskers), which have ...