Family Ictaluridae - North American freshwater catfishes
Order : Siluriformes Ictaluridae
Class : Teleostei
No. in FishBase : Genera : 7 | Species : 51 Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes
Environment : Fresh : Yes | Brackish : Yes | Marine : No
Division : Primary freshwater
Aquarium : some
First Fossil Record :      
Remark : Distribution: North America from southern Canada to Guatemala. Head with eight barbels: 2 nasal, 2 maxillary and 4 chin. Scaleless. A spine on anterior edge of dorsal (except in Pritella) and pectoral fins. Dorsal soft rays usually 6. No palatine teeth. About 1.6 m maximum length attained in Ictalurus furcatus and Pylodictis olivaris. Three unrelated eyeless species are known from deep wells.
Etymology : Greek, ichthys = fish + Greek, ailouros = cat; a cat fish
Reproductive guild : guarders
Typical activity level : normal
Main Ref. : Nelson, J.S. 1994
Coordinator :
Deep Fin Classification : Osteichthyes | Actinopterygii | Actinopteri | Neopterygii | Teleostei | Osteoglossocephalai | Clupeocephala | Otomorpha | Ostariophysi | | Otophysa | | | | | | Siluriphysae | Siluriformes | Siluroidei | | Ictaluridae

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Species/Synonymy list for the family Ictaluridae as currently in FishBase

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Scientifc name Status Senior/Junior synonym Combination
Ictalurus punctatus (Rafinesque, 1818)
acceptedseniornew
Silurus punctatus Rafinesque, 1818
synonymseniororiginal
synonymseniorchange in rank
Pimelodus nigricans Lesueur, 1819
ambiguousquestionableoriginal
! Silurus nigrescens Lesueur, 1819
ambiguousquestionableoriginal
Ictalurus furcatus (Valenciennes, 1840)
acceptedseniornew
Pimelodus furcatus Valenciennes, 1840
synonymseniororiginal
Amiurus meridionalis (non Günther, 1864)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Ictalurus lupus (Girard, 1858)
acceptedseniornew
Pimelodus lupus Girard, 1858
synonymseniororiginal
Ictalurus meridionalis (Günther, 1864)
acceptedseniornew
! Amiurus meridionalis Günther, 1864
synonymseniororiginal
Ameiurus meridionalis Günther, 1864
synonymseniororiginal
Ictalurus dugesii (Bean, 1880)
acceptedseniornew
Amiurus dugesii Bean, 1880
synonymseniororiginal
! Ictalurus dugesi (Bean, 1880)
synonymseniornew
Ictalurus pricei (Rutter, 1896)
acceptedseniornew
Villarius pricei Rutter, 1896
synonymseniororiginal
Ictalurus balsanus (Jordan & Snyder, 1899)
acceptedseniornew
Istlarius balsanus Jordan & Snyder, 1899
synonymseniororiginal
Ictalurus australis (Meek, 1904)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
Ictalurus mexicanus (Meek, 1904)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
Ictalurus ochoterenai (de Buen, 1946)
acceptedseniornew
Haustor ochoterenai de Buen, 1946
synonymseniororiginal
Noturus flavus Rafinesque, 1818
acceptedseniororiginal
! Noturus flavis Rafinesque, 1818
synonymseniororiginal
Noturus gyrinus (Mitchill, 1817)
acceptedseniornew
Silurus gyrinus Mitchill, 1817
synonymseniororiginal
Schilbeodes gyrinus (Mitchill, 1817)
synonymseniornew
Silurus mollis Hermann, 1804
ambiguousquestionableoriginal
Schilbeodes mollis (Hermann, 1804)
ambiguousquestionablenew
Noturus insignis (Richardson, 1836)
acceptedseniornew
Pimelodus insigne Richardson, 1836
synonymseniororiginal
Noturus exilis Nelson, 1876
acceptedseniororiginal
Noturus eleutherus Jordan, 1877
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
synonymseniornew
Noturus miurus Jordan, 1877
acceptedseniororiginal
Schilbeodes miurus (Jordan, 1877)
synonymseniornew
! Noturus miuris Jordan, 1877
synonymseniororiginal
Noturus nocturnus Jordan & Gilbert, 1886
acceptedseniororiginal
Noturus furiosus Jordan & Meek, 1889
acceptedseniororiginal
Noturus gilberti Jordan & Evermann, 1889
acceptedseniororiginal
Noturus funebris Gilbert & Swain, 1891
acceptedseniororiginal
Noturus hildebrandi (Bailey & Taylor, 1950)
acceptedseniornew
Schilbeodes hildebrandi Bailey & Taylor, 1950
synonymseniororiginal
Noturus hildebrandi hildebrandi (Bailey & Taylor, 1950)
synonymseniornew
synonymjuniororiginal
Noturus munitus Suttkus & Taylor, 1965
acceptedseniororiginal
Noturus albater Taylor, 1969
acceptedseniororiginal
Noturus baileyi Taylor, 1969
acceptedseniororiginal
Noturus elegans Taylor, 1969
acceptedseniororiginal
Noturus flavater Taylor, 1969
acceptedseniororiginal
Noturus flavipinnis Taylor, 1969
acceptedseniororiginal
Noturus lachneri Taylor, 1969
acceptedseniororiginal
Noturus phaeus Taylor, 1969
acceptedseniororiginal
Noturus placidus Taylor, 1969
acceptedseniororiginal
Noturus stigmosus Taylor, 1969
acceptedseniororiginal
Noturus trautmani Taylor, 1969
acceptedseniororiginal
Noturus taylori Douglas, 1972
acceptedseniororiginal
Noturus stanauli Etnier & Jenkins, 1980
acceptedseniororiginal
Noturus gladiator Thomas & Burr, 2004
acceptedseniororiginal
Noturus crypticus Burr, Eisenhour & Grady, 2005
acceptedseniororiginal
Noturus fasciatus Burr, Eisenhour & Grady, 2005
acceptedseniororiginal
Noturus maydeni Egge, 2006
acceptedseniororiginal
Pylodictis olivaris (Rafinesque, 1818)
acceptedseniornew
Silurus olivaris Rafinesque, 1818
synonymseniororiginal
Ictalurus olivaris (Rafinesque, 1818)
synonymseniornew
! Pylodictus olivaris (Rafinesque, 1818)
synonymseniornew
Ameiurus catus (Linnaeus, 1758)
acceptedseniornew
Silurus catus Linnaeus, 1758
synonymseniororiginal
Ictalurus catus (Linnaeus, 1758)
synonymseniornew
Pimelodus catus (Linnaeus, 1758)
synonymseniornew
! Amiurus catus (Linnaeus, 1758)
synonymseniornew
Ameiurus natalis (Lesueur, 1819)
acceptedseniornew
Pimelodus natalis Lesueur, 1819
synonymseniororiginal
Ictalurus natalis (Lesueur, 1819)
synonymseniornew
Ameiurus nebulosus (Lesueur, 1819)
acceptedseniornew
Pimelodus nebulosus Lesueur, 1819
synonymseniororiginal
Ictalurus nebulosus (Lesueur, 1819)
synonymseniornew
synonymseniornew
! Ameirus nebulosus (Lesueur, 1819)
synonymseniornew
! Amiurus nebulosus (Lesueur, 1819)
synonymseniornew
! Ictalurus nebucosus (Lesueur, 1819)
synonymseniornew
Ameiurus lacustris (Walbaum, 1792)
synonymothernew
Silurus coenosus Richardson, 1836
synonymjuniororiginal
Pimelodus atrarius DeKay, 1842
synonymjuniororiginal
Pimelodus vulgaris Thompson, 1842
synonymjuniororiginal
Ameiurus vulgaris (Thompson, 1842)
synonymjuniornew
! Amiurus vulgaris (Thompson, 1842)
synonymjuniornew
Pimelodus felis Agassiz, 1850
synonymjuniororiginal
Pimelodus marmoratus Holbrook, 1855
synonymjuniororiginal
synonymjuniornew
synonymjuniornew
Ictalurus nebulosus pannonicus Harka & Pinter, 1990
synonymjuniororiginal
Ameiurus catus (non Linnaeus, 1758)
misappliedmisappliednew
Pimelodus catus (non Linnaeus, 1758)
misappliedmisappliednew
Silurus catus (non Linnaeus, 1758)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
! Amiurus catus (non Linnaeus, 1758)
misappliedmisappliednew
Ameiurus melas (Rafinesque, 1820)
acceptedseniornew
Silurus melas Rafinesque, 1820
synonymseniororiginal
Ameiurus melas melas (Rafinesque, 1820)
synonymseniornew
Ictalurus melas (Rafinesque, 1820)
synonymseniornew
Ictalurus melas melas (Rafinesque, 1820)
synonymseniornew
! Ameirus melas (Rafinesque, 1820)
synonymseniornew
Ameiurus vulgaris (Thompson, 1842)
ambiguousquestionablenew
Ameiurus platycephalus (Girard, 1859)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
synonymseniornew
Ameiurus brunneus Jordan, 1877
acceptedseniororiginal
! Amiurus brunneus Jordan, 1877
synonymseniororiginal
Ictalurus brunneus (Jordan, 1877)
synonymseniornew
Ameiurus serracanthus (Yerger & Relyea, 1968)
acceptedseniornew
Ictalurus serracanthus Yerger & Relyea, 1968
synonymseniororiginal
Trogloglanis pattersoni Eigenmann, 1919
acceptedseniororiginal
Satan eurystomus Hubbs & Bailey, 1947
acceptedseniororiginal
Prietella phreatophila Carranza, 1954
acceptedseniororiginal
Prietella lundbergi Walsh & Gilbert, 1995
acceptedseniororiginal
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