CATFISH

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Today, i want us to discuss briefly about catfish.
Catfish is an animal that lives in water with a streamlined body formation and fins for swimming. Its importance cannot be overemphasized. Catfish is very much edible and it is quite in high demand. Worthy of note is the fact that catfish can be used as food, medicine, learning/research purposes, festivals, leather, sporting activities and for ornamental purposes.

No doubt, the effect fish can have on a country's economy is quite huge given the above mentioned uses.
Let us to see how we can identify the various types of catfish:
1. clarias gariepinus: These are cat fish that grow very fast and are seen as the most market attractive fish, its dorsal and anal fins are very lengthy, nearly reaching the caudal fins.

2. Heteroclarias: These are hybrids with a fast growth within a shortest interval of time.

3. Heterobranchus: it has a single dorsal fin and adipose fin.
i. Heterobranchus longifilis- it has a block posterior part of adipose fin.
ii. Heterobranchus Birdosalis- its dorsal fin rays are between 40-46 in number.

This is where we will be drawing the curtain for today. Let us have a date next time.

Thank you.