05-07-2010, 01:06 AM
They have spines on their pectoral fins and the dorsal fin and yes they do sting. In fact it can hurt quite a bit, but small cats are worse than big ones. I hold cats similar to the hold above but I have the belly in my palm. My thumb is under the pectoral fin on the fishes left side. My first finger and second finger have the right fin between them. With the hold above you could get stung in the palm of the hand if things went bad. Big cats are hard to hold that way. See this picture how my son and I hold fish. Ron
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