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flathead catfish
noun
- a yellow and brown catfish, Pylodictus olivaris, common in the central U.S., having a flattened head and a projecting lower jaw.
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“I’ve seen gar, but I ain’t never seen a gar with a head shaped like this,” Smith said in an interview, explaining that he first thought his catch may have been a flathead catfish.
Pylodictis olivaris (Rafinesque), flathead catfish: Canfield and Wiebe (1931:7) as "yellow catfish."
The flathead catfish comprises a small but consistent part of the sport fishery of the Wakarusa, especially in the mainstream.
At station G-1 (September 5) a flathead catfish five inches long was taken in the four-foot nylon net.
Flathead catfish were taken by angling at stations A-3 and C-5.
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