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Ictalurus

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Also known as Villarius

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

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PHYLUM

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassTeleostei
  4. OrderSiluriformes
  5. FamilyIctaluridae
Habitatbrackish, freshwater
Observations recorded2,534,061,025

Ictalurus es un género de peces actinopeterigios de agua dulce,[2]​ distribuidos por ríos y lagos de América del Norte y América Central.[3]​ Especies Existen diez especies reconocidas en este género:[2]​ Ictalurus australis (Meek, 1904) Ictalurus balsanus (Jordan y Snyder, 1899) Ictalurus dugesii (Bean, 1880) Ictalurus furcatus (Valenciennes, 1840) Ictalurus lupus (Girard, 1858) Ictalurus meridionalis (Günther, 1864) Ictalurus mexicanus (Meek, 1904) Ictalurus ochoterenai (de Buen, 1946) Ictalurus pricei (Rutter, 1896) Ictalurus punctatus (Rafinesque, 1818) Además de cuatro especies fósiles:[4]​ † Ictalurus echinatus Lundberg, 1975 † Ictalurus lambda Hubbs y Hibbard, 1951 † Ictalurus rhaeas (Cope, 1891) † Ictalurus spodius Smith, 1987 Referencias ↑ Rafinesque, C.S., 1820. «Fishes of the Ohio River. [Ichthyologia Ohiensis, Part 7]». Western Revue and Miscellaneous Magazine: a monthly publ., devoted to literature and science, Lexington, KY v. 2 (6):355-363. ↑ a b Especies de "Ictalurus". En FishBase. (Rainer Froese y Daniel Pauly, eds.). Consultada en mayo de 2017. N.p.: FishBase, 2017. ↑ Nelson, J.S. (2006). Fishes of the world (en inglés) (4ª edición). Nueva York: John Wiley &

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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).

The catfish genome database (cBARBEL) is a database for the genetics of Ictalurus species.

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