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Sheatfish or Catfish

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The Sheatfish or Catfish, Siluris glanis. This specimen was caught by Adrian Gheorghe in the Jiu River, Romania, in 1989. It was 2 metres long and weighed 40 Kg.

Photo: Adrian Gheorghe

Dr Gheorghe has kept all the "arm" bones of the Sheatfish he has caught in the Jiu. The largest such bone is 12 cm long, and came from a fish 2 m long and 40 kg in weight. It is thought the bone may be used to stiffen the fin for digging in the mud of the river bottom looking for food.

Photo: Adrian Gheorghe

The fish bones shown here were from fish caught within a month by Dr Gheorghe and a friend of his, Mitica Arpezeanu din Tintareni/Gorj. The fish mostly weighed between 40 kg to 25 kg, with one of 2 kg weight. The lengths were between 2 m and 1.5 m, and the small fish was 30 cm long.

Photo: Adrian Gheorghe

Fishing on the Clisura Dunarii, part of the Iron gates gorge, at a point 40 km west of Orsova.

Photo: Adrian Gheorghe 9th September 2007

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