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

Ictalurus punctatus (Rafinesque, 1818)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Silurus Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ictalurus*	Rafinesque, 1820	accepted genus name

Literature

basis of record	Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
additional source	Newton, M.V.B. (1932). The biology of Triaenophorus tricuspidatus (Bloch 1779) in western Canada. M.Sc. Thesis, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. 32 pp.
ecology source	Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1).

Genbank

External Links

FishBase images (Ictalurus punctatus, by Pauly, D.)

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Ictalurus punctatus (Rafinesque, 1818). 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:465537

Dr. Jorg Freyhof. Ictalurus punctatus (Rafinesque, 1818). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/2346ded7-0cc7-42b2-8a62-ee11dd18cb2f