Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Osteichthyes > Gigaclass Actinopterygii > Subclass Neopterygii > Class Teleostei > Order Siluriformes > Family Ictaluridae

Ictalurus Rafinesque, 1820

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Ictalurus punctatus (Rafinesque, 1818)

Literature

original description

Rafinesque, C. S. (1820). Fishes of the Ohio River. [Ichthyologia Ohiensis, Part 7]. Western Review and Miscellaneous Magazine: a monthly publ., devoted to literature and science, Lexington, KY. v. 2 (no. 6): 355-363.

taxonomy source

Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025.

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Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Ictalurus Rafinesque, 1820. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:154203

Dr. Jorg Freyhof. Ictalurus Rafinesque, 1820. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/7171e7b8-c786-4b82-bd1f-773e2ff19560

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


not marine, brackish, fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

no data

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GUID

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:154203
urn:lsid:faunaeur.org:taxname:304645

Last modified

2020-07-18 by Dr. Jorg Freyhof & by Nicolas Bailly

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