The Fish Cat or Barbona, is a freshwater fish of the family Ictaluridae / SILURIFORMES with very similar appearance to torpedo but with significantly reduced size (rarely exceeding 30 cm for a weight of 260 g but can be up to 2.5 kg for 60 cm in length). There are about 2200 species, grouped 31 families of catfish that live in fresh waters on all continents (Escusa clearly Arctic and Antarctica). Their proportions vary from a few tens of cm up to large specimens of even 40 kg. The common trait that gives them the name is the presence of "whiskers," said barbigli, the sides of the mouth. Have a long anal fin, one adipose

fin between the dorsal and caudal fins, and scales are lacking a flat head. The origins are in North America and Italy is present in some areas of the Veneto and in quantities far smaller in the central regions. Live in almost all conditions from fresh water, clean rivers and rapids of the lakes and marshes almost devoid of oxygen. There are species that live in the depths of the lakes and were only discovered by drilling. Examples include the fish of the genus Satan that have been found at 300m depth in a lake in Texas and were not found in any other place. It has a varied diet: eats invertebrates, fish and their eggs, frogs, tadpoles, and sometimes vegetables. Behavior has a mostly nocturnal but also active in the early morning and late afternoon.