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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).

Ictalurus Temporal range: Oligocene - Recent
channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Ictaluridae
Genus:	Ictalurus Rafinesque, 1820
Type species
Silurus cerulescens Rafinesque, 1820
Synonyms
Elliops Rafinesque, 1820 Synechoglanis Gill, 1859 Ichthaelurus Cope, 1868 Villarius Rutter, 1896 Haustor Jordan & Evermann, 1896 Istlarius Jordan & Snyder, 1899 Ichthyaelurus Meek, 1904

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

References

External links

• Media related to Ictalurus at Wikimedia Commons
• Catfish genome database (cBARBEL)

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