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Definition: Ictalurus

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. Channel catfishes.[Wordnet].

Source: WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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Date "Ictalurus" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1961. (references)

Common Expressions: Ictalurus

Expressions Definition
Genus Ictalurus Channel catfishes. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
Ictalurus punctatus Freshwater food fish common throughout central United States. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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Extended Definition: Ictalurus

Ictalurus

Ictalurus
Fossil range: Oligocene - Recent

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Ictaluridae
Genus: Ictalurus
Rafinesque, 1820
Type species
Silurus cerulescens
Rafinesque, 1820
Species

I. australis
I. balsanus
I. dugesii
I. echinatus †
I. furcatus
I. lambda †
I. lupus
I. mexicanus
I. ochoterenai
I. pricei
I. punctatus
I. rheas †
I. spodius †

Synonyms
  • Elliops Rafinesque, 1820
  • Synechoglanis Gill, 1859
  • Ichthaelurus Cope, 1868
  • Villarius Rutter, 1896
  • Haustor Jordan & Evermann, 1896
  • Istlarius Jordan & Snyder, 1899
  • Ichthyaelurus Meek, 1904

Ictalurus is a genus of catfishes (order Siluriformes) of the family Ictaluridae. It includes the well-known channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) and blue catfish (Ictalurus furcatus).[1]

References

  1. Ferraris, Carl J., Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa 1418: 1–628. 

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