The barbado catfish is a scaleless freshwater catfish with a silvery, elongated body, a forked tail, an adipose fin, and three pairs of long barbels around the mouth. It is native to the Magdalena River basin of Colombia, where it is a common food fish. It reaches about 6 inches. A bottom-dweller, it stays over sandy and muddy river bottoms. This summary was AI generated
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IUCN Status
Threat to humans
Source: Fishbase
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