The blue catfish is the most familiar catfish, to fish for and matures to above 120 pounds. The current contender for the U.S. record of 124 lbs. is from the Mississippi River in Illinois 5 22 2005. There are 572 million pounds of catfish farmed for profit. Recent June 28, 2005 discovery of the Lacantunia enigmatica catfish in Chiapas, Mexico is the only example of catfish of the ancient Tertiary age dating to the time of dinosaurs.

World's biggest catfish, weighed six hundred fourty six pounds, captured in the Mekong River, Thailand, May 2005, and is also known as the Pangasianodon gigas Catfish, and is being studied as an endangered species.

The spotted cat grow to 45 pounds averaging 14 years but are known to live to 20 years.

The flattened head, of the johnnie cat and the yellow color represents the 2nd largest freshwater catfish. The U.S. recordbook is ninety eight and a half, pounds, Near Tyler, TX, in Dec. 14, 1998. These fish could survive nineteen years and more. Most varieties of catfish from uncontaminated water is very good table fare.

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