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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
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

Allowable Qualifiers: abnormalities (AB)

anatomy & histology (AH)

blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

classification (CL)

embryology (EM)

genetics (GE)

growth & development (GD)

immunology (IM)

injuries (IN)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

physiology (PH)

surgery (SU)

urine (UR)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0003649
Related Numbers: txid2023056; txid243561; txid75285; txid93620
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.
Terms: Catfishes Preferred Term
Term UI T006951
Date11/17/1989
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1991); Siluriformes
Term UI T421188
Date08/09/2000
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2002); Catfish
Term UI T006952
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1987)

Catfishes MeSH Descriptor Data 2024