This South American family is the largest group
of naked-skinned catfishes in the world. The
vast majority are predatory catfishes. A few
species such as the shovelnoses grow too large
for the home aquarium. Distinguished from the
Indian/Asian family Bagridae, as having
no nasal barbels.
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