The catfish are dark green or black, with a paler belly. Similar to other catfish species, they have long, eel-like bodies and flat heads with wide mouths. They have two long barbels on the upper jaw ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Flatheads grow fast in this river system, attain large body sizes and can eat a variety of prey. Because adult flatheads have few ...

Museum ichthyologist Cristhian Conde-Saldaña uses evolutionary genetics to study freshwater fishes and document at-risk biodiversity Erin Wunderlich Researchers working with Cristhian Conde-Saldaña ...

Invasive catfish species, particularly blue catfish (Ictalurus furcatus) and flathead catfish (Pylodictis olivaris), have emerged as significant drivers of ecological change in many freshwater and ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Keisha Sedlacek is the federal director for the Chesapeake Bay Foundation and said blue catfish are a threat to the native species in the Bay, preying on nearly anything in their ...