Ictalurus
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Ictalurus is a genus of North American freshwater catfishes. It includes the well-known channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) and blue catfish (Ictalurus furcatus).
| Ictalurus Temporal range: Oligocene - Recent | |
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| channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Ictaluridae |
| Genus: | Ictalurus Rafinesque, 1820 |
| Type species | |
| Silurus cerulescens Rafinesque, 1820 | |
| Synonyms | |
The catfish genome database (cBARBEL) is a database for the genetics of Ictalurus species.[1]
Species
Currently, 10 species in this genus are recognized:[2]
- Ictalurus australis (Meek, 1904) (Panuco catfish)
- Ictalurus balsanus (D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1899) (Balsas catfish)
- Ictalurus dugesii (T. H. Bean, 1880) (Lerma catfish)
- Ictalurus furcatus (Valenciennes, 1840) (blue catfish)
- Ictalurus lupus (Girard, 1858) (headwater catfish)
- Ictalurus meridionalis (Günther, 1864)
- Ictalurus mexicanus (Meek, 1904) (Rio Verde catfish)
- Ictalurus ochoterenai (F. de Buen, 1946) (Chapala catfish)
- Ictalurus pricei (Rutter, 1896) (Yaqui catfish)
- Ictalurus punctatus (Rafinesque, 1818) (channel catfish)
Four fossil species also are assigned to this genus:[3]
References
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