Big Catfish

Catfish is freshwater fish which many found in ASEAN countries, especially in Malaysia. In some place especially in Selangor, catfish cited as "semilang fish". To persons Perak, just alive semilang fish at sea.

Available catfish in most paddy field, for example in Pahang, in Paya Pahang Tua, Mambang, Ganchong and Paloh Hinai, Pekan. It also often found in Tasik Chini, Paya Bungor or Bera. River cat-fish also inhabit in little stream confluence such as Sungai Lepar in Paloh Hinai to to Jerantut and Kuala Lipis, apart from in Sungai Bera and Sungai Serting.

1. Wood Catfish
2. Flower Catfish
3. Eksotika Catfish
4. Catfish Catfish
5. Kati Eye 's Catfish
6. Russia Catfish
7. Africa Catfish
8. Rapids Catfish
9. Forest Catfish

Livestock fish

Catfish can be preserved in large pool or just in pool. It easy to breed by feed chicken residue, chicken fat and so on. Price one kilo catfish already cleaned fish only RM5.00 Semenyih at market.

In Javanese language and in Indonesia generally, catfish mentioned "fish lele".

Belief
For some place especially in Hilir Perak and Kampung Gajah, Perak, catfish uneaten or less eaten because belief 'ancient' catfish derived from tadpole, namely young frog.

If drowning people in Sungai Perak, body drift and have been decomposed the usually eaten by catfish. They found in that body a few catfish. May be because stories as such, catfish 'less favoured' in Hilir Perak and Kampung Gajah, Perak.

On the other hand in Semenyih, Selangor, catfish be special dish in family feast.

Catfish family

1. Akysidae
2. Amblycipitidae
3. Amphiliidae
4. Ariidae
5. Aspredinidae
6. Astroblepidae
7. Auchenipteridae
8. Bagridae
9. Callichthyidae
10. Cetopsidae
11. Chacidae
12. Clariidae
13. Claroteidae
14. Cranoglanididae
15. Diplomystidae
16. Doradidae
17. Hypophthalmidae
18. Ictaluridae
19. Lacantuniidae
20. Loricariidae
21. Malapteruridae
22. Mochokidae
23. Nematogenyidae
24. Pangasiidae
25. Parakysidae
26. Pimelodidae
27. Plotosidae
28. Schilbeidae
29. Scoloplacidae
30. Siluridae
31. Sisoridae
32. Trichomycteridae