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Catfishes MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Catfishes
Tree Number(s)
B01.050.150.900.493.080
Unique ID
D002397
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D002397
Annotation
BULLHEAD CATFISHES, and CHANNEL CATFISH see ICTALURIDAE are also available; entry term EREMOPHILUS MUTISII: EREMOPHILA PLANT, and EREMOPHILA ALPESTRIS see SONGBIRDS are also available
Scope Note
Common name of the order Siluriformes. This order contains many families and over 2,000 species, including venomous species. Heteropneustes and Plotosus genera have dangerous stings and are aggressive. Most species are passive stingers.
Entry Term(s)
Arius
Catfish
Colombian Catfish
Eremophilus mutisii
Heteropneustes
Plotosus
Siluriformes
Registry Numbers
txid7995
txid93620
txid243561
txid75285
txid2023056
Related Numbers
txid2023056
txid243561
txid75285
txid93620
Previous Indexing
Fishes (1966-1986)
Public MeSH Note
2002; see CATFISH 1987-2001
History Note
2002 (1987)
Date Established
1987/01/01
Date of Entry
1986/04/15
Revision Date
2020/08/13
Catfishes Preferred
Heteropneustes Narrower
Plotosus Narrower
Arius Narrower
Eremophilus mutisii Narrower
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