Barbel vs. Catfish

Barbelnoun

A freshwater fish of the genus Barbus or other closely related genera.

Barbelnoun

(biology) Whisker-like sensory organs, located around the mouth of certain fish, including catfish, carp, goatfish, sturgeon, and some types of shark.

Barbelnoun

A barb or pap under the tongues of horses and cattle.

Barbelnoun

A slender tactile organ on the lips of certain fishes.

Barbelnoun

A large fresh-water fish (Barbus vulgaris) found in many European rivers. Its upper jaw is furnished with four barbels.

Barbelnoun

Barbs or paps under the tongues of horses and cattle. See 1st Barb, 3.

Barbelnoun

slender tactile process on the jaws of a fish

Catfishnoun

Any fish of the order Siluriformes, mainly found in fresh water, lacking scales, and having barbels like whiskers around the mouth.

Catfishnoun

(internet) Someone who creates a fake profile on a social media platform in order to deceive people.

Catfishnoun

(internet) Such a fake profile.

Catfishverb

To fish for catfish

Catfishverb

To create a fake online profile to deceive (someone).

Catfishnoun

A name given in the United States to various species of siluroid fishes; as, the yellow cat (Amiurus natalis); the bind cat (Gronias nigrilabrus); the mud cat (Pilodictic oilwaris), the stone cat (Noturus flavus); the sea cat (Arius felis), etc. This name is also sometimes applied to the wolf fish. See Bullhrad.

Catfishnoun

flesh of scaleless food fish of the southern United States; often farmed

Catfishnoun

large ferocious northern deep-sea food fishes with strong teeth and no pelvic fins

Catfishnoun

any of numerous mostly freshwater bottom-living fishes of Eurasia and North America with barbels like whiskers around the mouth

Catfishnoun

a freshwater or marine fish with barbels resembling whiskers round the mouth, typically bottom-dwelling.

Catfishnoun

another term for wolf fish

Catfishverb

fish for catfish

Catfishverb

lure (someone) into a relationship by means of a fictional online persona

Catfish

Catfish (or catfishes; order Siluriformes or Nematognathi) are a diverse group of ray-finned fish. Named for their prominent barbels, which resemble a cat's whiskers, catfish range in size and behavior from the three largest species alive, the Mekong giant catfish from Southeast Asia, the wels catfish of Eurasia, and the piraíba of South America, to detritivores (species that eat dead material on the bottom), and even to a tiny parasitic species commonly called the Candiru, Vandellia cirrhosa.