Ictalurus

<i>Ictalurus</i>

Ictalurus

Genus of fishes

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

Quick Facts Ictalurus Temporal range: Oligocene - Recent, Scientific classification ...

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]

Four fossil species also are assigned to this genus:[3]

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

References

  1. [1]
    Lu, J.; Peatman, E.; Yang, Q.; Wang, S.; Hu, Z.; Reecy, J.; Kucuktas, H.; Liu, Z. (8 October 2010). "The catfish genome database cBARBEL: an informatic platform for genome biology of ictalurid catfish". Nucleic Acids Research. 39 (Database): D815–D821. doi:10.1093/nar/gkq765. PMC 3013753. PMID 20935046.
  2. [2]
    Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Ictalurus in FishBase. December 2011 version.
  3. [3]
    Ferraris, Carl J. Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1418: 1–628. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1418.1.1.


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