Ictalurus

Ictalurus is a genus of North American freshwater catfishes. It includes the well-known channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) and blue catfish (Ictalurus furcatus).

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]

• †Ictalurus echinatus
• †Ictalurus lambda
• †Ictalurus rhaeas
• †Ictalurus spodius

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