Six-inch yellow bullhead.

30-inch flathead catfish.

Yesterday was #NationalCatfishDay. To celebrate, I went fishing and used a catfish (Ameiurus natalis) as bait to catch a bigger catfish (Pylodictis olivaris). Not quite the monster I was hoping for...

Closeup of Flathead catfish

Closeup of channel catfish

Blue catfish

Happy #NationalCatfishDay! Illinois is home to 13 native catfish species! Here are a few you might find out on the Illinois River!

Starting with our common commercial and recreational species: Flathead, Channel, and Blue catfishes

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No one told me it was #nationalcatfishday!!!

P.S. "Namazu" below is spelled with old orthography: なまづ instead of なまず. Also, that づ looks like and derives from the kanji 川 but it's actually a hiragana (or more accurately, hentaigana 変体仮名).
Is it weird that I truly love this weird old language??

Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japan, 1798–1861) Title: なまづ (Namazu) = Catfish Series Title : 日本語: 猫の當字 (Neko no Ateji) = Cats as a Word Description: Contorting cats join forces to make the hiragana syllables なまづ (from top-right), meaning "catfish". (ukiyo-e, giga) Date: between c. 1841-1843 [c. 1842] Medium: woodblock print Dimensions: height: 36 cm (14.1 in); width: 25 cm (9.8 in) , ôban References: A variant image at the Kubosō Memorial Museum of Arts (和泉市久保惣記念美術館), Izumi, Osaka. Image file: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cats_forming_the_caracters_for_catfish.jpg

For #NationalCatfishDay :
a clowder of #cats spelling out the word for #catfish (namazu) in kana (Japanese syllabary). One of a series of similar “cat words” by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japan, 1798–1861) called Neko no ateji, c.1842. See them all here: kuniyoshiproject.com/Cat%20Homoph...
#JapaneseArt

photo of an Inca artifact on display at museum: round polychrome ceramic tray with handle, with a circular design of long red & small round black peppers and suche fish (red with black line details)

#NationalCatfishDay :
Miniature Tray Depicting Suche #Fish & Peppers
Inca, Peru, 1450/1532 CE
Polychrome ceramic, 7.6x23.7cm
On display @ Art Institute of Chicago
🆔 Suche = Trichomycterus rivulatus (freshwater pencil #catfish native to Andean highlands fished for food & ritual since ancient times)

Resharing for #NationalCatfishDay

Resharing for #NationalCatfishDay

Resharing for #NationalCatfishDay

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Today The @FGEvenings Wonder About #NationalCatfishDay To Brighten Up Your Midweek!

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National Catfish Day is June 25th. A screenshot of the page "Some fish zap" from the picture book FREAKY, FUNKY FISH is displayed along with author Debra Shumaker's website www.debrashumaker.com.

Today is #nationalcatfishday! Did you know catfish that live in African freshwater rivers can zap! They have electric organs they use to stun prey. For more fun facts about fish, grab a copy of FREAKY, FUNKY FISH, published by Running Press Kids, illustrated by Claire Powell.

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a bunch of catfish are swimming in a tank together ALT: a bunch of catfish are swimming in a tank together

06/25/2025 is Croatian Independence Day 🇭🇷, National Catfish Day 🐈‍⬛️🐟🇺🇸, National Leon Day 🇺🇸, Strawberry Parfait Day 🍓🇺🇸, Reserves Day 🇬🇧, National Bakewell Tart Day 🇬🇧, Day of the Seafarer 🇺🇳 #croatianindependenceday #nationalcatfishday #nationalleonday #strawberryparfaitday #reservesday

🎣 Happy #NationalCatfishDay!

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JUNE 25 NATIONAL CATFISH DAY
Since 1987, National Catfish Day on June 25 celebrates the value of farm-raised catfish.
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The image contains the text "National Catfish Day" and the library website address (jcblibrary.org) as well as an image of a catfish.

June 25 is #NationalCatfishDay, and our digital platform Americana did not disappoint!

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early 20th c. Japanese color woodblock print, portrait orientation, depicting a single large grey/black catfish swimming vertically up the composition surrounded by aquatic vegetation, top down view (looking down through surface of water)

For #NationalCatfishDay :
Bakufu Ohno (Japan, 1888-1976)
Namazu (#Catfish), from Dai Nihon gyorui hanga-in (Familiar Fishes of Nippon), 1937-41
woodblock print, 28.0 x 39.5 cm (large oban)
ukiyo-e.org/image/jaodb/...
#JapaneseArt

official museum photo of the object, front view on white background: "This tsuba [Japanese sword guard] is made in the shape of a catfish. The fish is wrapped around the central opening so that that its mouth touches its tail at the upper left. On the catfish's back, at the right side of the tsuba, is an eel."

official museum photo of the object, back view on white background: "This tsuba [Japanese sword guard] is made in the shape of a catfish. The fish is wrapped around the central opening so that that its mouth touches its tail at the upper left. On the catfish's back, at the right side of the tsuba, is an eel."

Happy #NationalCatfishDay!
Iriyama Yoshitomo (Japan, active c.1700-1750)
Tsuba with #Catfish and #Eel, c.1700-1750
copper, gold, silver; 3.25 in. (8.3 cm)
"Both catfish and eel are associated with summer."
The Walters Art Museum 1.361: art.thewalters.org/detail/30074...
#JapaneseArt

Happy #NationalCatfishDay!

Catfishes are diverse in their size, shape, and habitats; check out the variation in pattern of Flathead Catfish (same species, stream, and day)!
#NationalCatfishDay

Let’s not forget infamous Amazon “vampire catfishes” of the family Trichomycteridae. Several species attach to gills of larger fishes and engorge on blood. Several myths about “human attacks” too https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candiru
📷Richard Kik #NationalCatfishDay

Looking at catfish diversity for #NationalCatfishDay, check out this #BirdsVsFish winner: the European Wels Catfish can grow over 13’ long and 600 pounds! And some learned to EAT BIRDS https://youtu.be/DlcHLTenioA

It’s #NationalCatfishDay! Although the original purpose was to celebrate “value of farm-raised catfish”, let’s also consider catfish biodiversity. #DidYouKnow there are over 3,000 described species of catfish, and 1 in 20 vertebrate species is a catfish?!!