"Rufus" the Yellow Bullhead Catfish


DESCRIPTION:

• White chin barbels
• Yellow-Brownish color depending on the lighting, can also be very dark brown
• Blackish-Brown speckles and spots
• 4 bottom whiskers, 2 longer whisksers on either side of the mouth, and 2 short, stubby whiskers on top of their mouth, right beside their eyeballs
• May have black trim on their fins, which looks very nice
• Usually pretty big head and smaller body

DIET:

• Anything that fits in their mouth
• I have fed my bullheads minnows, ham, chicken liver, bacon, and worms

HABITAT:

• Where I live their is a small stream that has a sandy, rocky bottom. Bluegills, minnows, bass, crayfish, and baby bullheads live there. In the summer is when you can catch the baby bullheads in nets or minnow traps. They are only like 2.5 inches at most, usually smaller. They prefer muddy water. If you have a stream or small pond that has a decent supply of fish in it, it probably has bullheads. If you don't know your stream or pond has bullheads in it, then in the summer after it rained (so the water is muddy), put on a worm and see what you catch. Just hope the bluegills and sunfish don't get in the way.
• I know some places where bullheads grow huge, but thoughs are black and brown bullheads. The black and brown bullheads grow bigger and are more aggressive.

AQUARIUMS:

• They make great pets, IF YOU HAVE EXPERIENCE KEEPING HEALTHY FISH AQUARIUMS
• I will be making another post on taking care of these cool fish