Catfish is a general term for most of the catfish in the order Catfish, which is a very large group of fish, spread across rivers, lakes and seas around the world, fish tanks, pots and pans. But there is a kind of catfish I don't know if you have heard of or seen it?
The striped short-mouthed catfish, also known as the Satanic duck-billed catfish, is distributed in the Amazon and Orinoco river basins of South America.
The Satan duck-billed catfish is the emperor of the catfish family, and all the catfish are eclipsed in front of it, so its name is very much in line with its identity, it is the king of the Amazon abyss, it disdains the ambush sneak attacks like other catfish, because it is the king of catfish.
It is large and fierce, with a duck-like flat mouth with three pairs of whiskers, and its body length can reach 3.6 meters.
The Satanic duck-billed catfish is a well-known fish opportunist, eating anything it can swallow, including piranhas, typical of ferocious fish.
Its shape is streamlined, its tail is forked, and its shape resembles a shark, which gives it much faster speed than the average catfish. Satan's duck beak has a large mouth and a fierce temperament, and there are even local legends that adult Satan ducks will eat people. Satan ducks were once found everywhere in the Amazon River Valley, and because of their huge and delicious meat, they have always been an important local food fish, and they are also favored by anglers.
However, due to overfishing, Satan's duck beaks are now becoming fewer and smaller. Adults are huge, grow rapidly, swim actively need open space, and breeding requires large aquarium feeding.