Definition

1. Noun:
   • Mudfish, sheatfish: "Cá nheo" refers to a type of freshwater catfish, typically characterized by a long body, smooth scaleless skin, and prominent barbels (whisker-like sensory organs) around the mouth. It is a common food fish in Vietnam.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Mẹ tôi mua một con cá nheo để nấu canh chua. (My mother bought a sheatfish to cook sour soup.)
  • Cá nheo thường sống ở tầng đáy của sông và hồ. (Mudfish often live at the bottom of rivers and lakes.)
  • Món cá nheo kho tộ là một đặc sản của miền Tây. (Clay pot braised sheatfish is a specialty of the Mekong Delta region.)

Advanced Usage

• "Nuôi cá nheo": to farm/raise sheatfish.

  • Mô hình nuôi cá nheo trong ao đang phát triển mạnh. (The model of farming sheatfish in ponds is developing strongly.)

• "Câu cá nheo": to go fishing for sheatfish.

  • Anh ấy rất thích đi câu cá nheo vào cuối tuần. (He really likes to go sheatfish fishing on weekends.)

Variants and Related Words

• Họ cá nheo (Siluridae): The biological family Siluridae, which includes many species of sheatfish.

  • Cá nheo thuộc họ cá nheo Siluridae. (The sheatfish belongs to the Siluridae family.)

• Cá trê: Another type of catfish (family Clariidae), often confused with "cá nheo" but generally has a more flattened head and different dorsal fin structure.

Synonyms

• Cá da trơn: A general term for catfish (literally "smooth-skinned fish"). "Cá nheo" is a specific type of "cá da trơn".
• Silure (French loanword used in scientific/technical contexts): catfish, silurus.

Related Phrases

• Lươn như cá nheo: (Idiom) To be as slippery as a sheatfish; meaning to be evasive, tricky, or hard to pin down.
  • Tên tội phạm đó lươn như cá nheo, cảnh sát khó bắt lắm. (That criminal is as slippery as an eel [sheatfish], the police find it very hard to catch him.)

1. Mudfish, sheatfish