| Family: |
Ictaluridae (North American freshwater catfishes) |
| Max. size: |
13 cm TL (male/unsexed); max. reported age: 3 years |
| Environment: |
demersal; freshwater, non-migratory |
| Distribution: |
North America: Atlantic and Gulf Slope drainages from New Hampshire to Nueces River in Texas, USA; St. Lawrence-Great Lakes, Hudson Bay (Red River), and Mississippi River basins from Quebec to Saskatchewan in Canada and south to Gulf of Mexico in USA. |
| Diagnosis: |
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| Biology: |
Adults inhabit lakes, rock-mud-bottomed or detritus-bottomed pools and backwaters of lowland creeks and small to large rivers (Ref. 5723, 10294). They feed on midge, isopods, amphipods, mayfly and caddis larvae (Ref. 10294). |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 01 March 2012 Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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