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11 Catfish Coloring Pages to Print for Free!

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Catfish
Colored by the Coloring Together artists. See gallery.

A catfish does not need to see to find its food: it uses the whiskers around its mouth to touch and taste everything on the riverbed. That is why it can move calmly through dark, muddy water, where almost nobody can see a thing. This curious, whiskered fish is the star of our collection of catfish coloring pages.

You will find catfish of every style: one with a chef's hat, another with a king's crown, big-eyed babies and great big catfish swimming among the weeds. Each one is in black and white, waiting for you to choose its colors.

The fun part is that real catfish are usually gray, brown or almost black, but on your page yours can be any color you like: purple, orange or covered in rainbow stripes. Here, you are in charge.

When you finish your drawing, take a photo and share it with us: here at Coloring Together we love seeing how each artist adds their own spark to the very same fish.

Catfish coloring pages

Why color catfish pictures?

You have probably heard of catfish, those whiskered fish that live in rivers, lakes and seas almost everywhere in the world. There are more than 3,000 different species, from tiny aquarium ones to giants over two meters long. It is one of the biggest fish families on the planet!

Coloring catfish is a fun way to get to know them better. While you choose the color of their smooth, scaleless skin, you discover what an animal that almost always hides at the bottom, where the water is dark, is really like.

Coloring is also an activity that relaxes you and helps you focus. As you fill in every whisker and every fin, your hand grows steadier and your imagination takes off. And so you learn even more, we added a bunch of fun facts about catfish that will surprise you.

Learn while coloring Catfish

  1. Catfish have real whiskers, called barbels. They are not just for looks: they are full of taste and smell, and help the fish find food in dark water.
  2. A catfish can have more than 175,000 taste buds spread across its whole body. It is as if it could taste the world with all of its skin, not just its tongue!
  3. Most catfish have no scales. Their skin is smooth and slippery, very different from other fish.
  4. There are more than 3,000 species of catfish in the world. They live on every continent except Antarctica.
  5. The wels catfish is one of the largest: it can grow over two meters long and weigh as much as a grown-up person.
  6. Some catfish have venomous spines in their fins. They use them to defend themselves from animals that want to eat them.
  7. The electric catfish can produce jolts of electricity to stun its prey and scare off its enemies.
  8. There is a catfish that can walk on land: the walking catfish can drag itself from one puddle to another when its water dries up.
  9. The glass catfish is almost see-through. If you look closely, you can see the little bones inside its body.
  10. Catfish are usually nocturnal animals. They sleep hidden during the day and come out to look for food when night falls.

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