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armored catfish

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Noun1.armored catfish - South American catfish having the body covered with bony plates
siluriform fish, catfish - any of numerous mostly freshwater bottom-living fishes of Eurasia and North America with barbels like whiskers around the mouth


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Within weeks, these connected tanks were overflowing with lush, green plants and after 12 1/2 days, in his first major test of the project--using the armored catfish in the last tank as a final vacuum cleaner--toxic sludge became crystal clear water with all primary pollutants 100% removed.
I learned more than I really cared to know about the big-eyed armored catfish, which was the specialty of one of our instructors.
 
 
 
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