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

Ictaluridae Gill, 1861

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Family group names

*North American freshwater catfis*		subjective synonym

Children

Ameiurus Rafinesque, 1820
Ictalurus Rafinesque, 1820

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: meerval sources: (1996). Koninklijk besluit houdende reglementering van de benamingen van visserijprodukten en verwerkte visserijprodukten. Belgisch staatsblad 07-08-1996.

English: north american freshwater catfishes sources: Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).

French: poisson-chat sources: (1996). Koninklijk besluit houdende reglementering van de benamingen van visserijprodukten en verwerkte visserijprodukten. Belgisch staatsblad 07-08-1996.

German: Wels sources: (1996). Koninklijk besluit houdende reglementering van de benamingen van visserijprodukten en verwerkte visserijprodukten. Belgisch staatsblad 07-08-1996.

Norwegian Bokmål: dvergmallefamilien sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Nynorsk: dvergmallefamilien

Literature

basis of record	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.
taxonomy source	Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. Zootaxa. 3882(1): 1-230.

Genbank

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Ictaluridae Gill, 1861. 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:154197

Dr. Jorg Freyhof. Ictaluridae Gill, 1861. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/93e03e5c-4ca1-44d8-a32a-10e6f39f2e35