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 Family Overview | |
|---|---|
| Pronounced | Ik Ta LURE Iday |
| Family Common Name | North American Catfishes |
| Features | Naked flanks often with thick nasal barbels. If you look closely always has more than 6 rays in the pelvic fins. Only family native to North America. |
| Common Names | Bullhead, Channel or Flathead Catfish, Madtom, Stonecat |
| Size | Smallest 42mm, largest 1650mm, average 288mm, most commonly 150mm. All SL. |
| Species | There are 51 "species" in 7 genera in the database |
| Keepers | 19 species (37%) are being kept by registered keepers |
| Breeders | 1 "species" (2.0%) are being bred. |
| Distribution | North America Login to view the map. |
| Top Five Genera (by keepers) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Ameiurus | 7 species | (98 keepers) |
| 2. | Ictalurus | 10 species | (71 keepers) |
| 3. | Noturus | 29 species | (42 keepers) |
| 4. | Pylodictis | 1 species | (14 keepers) |
| 5. | Prietella | 2 species | (0 keepers) |
| Most Kept Species | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1. | (24.89%) | |
| 2. | (15.11%) | |
| 3. | (12%) | |
| 4. | (10.22%) | |
| 5. | (6.67%) | |
| 6. | (6.22%) | |
| 7. | (6.22%) | |
| 8. | (4.44%) | |
| 9. | (3.56%) | |
| 10. | (3.11%) | |
| 11. | (1.78%) | |
| 12. | (1.33%) | |
| 13. | (0.89%) | |
| 14. | (0.89%) | |
| 15. | (0.89%) | |
| 16. | Noturus taylori | (0.44%) |
| 17. | (0.44%) | |
| 18. | (0.44%) | |
| 19. | (0.44%) | |
/siluriformes/ictaluridae/ictalurus/punctatus/1.jpg "Ictalurus punctatus")
/siluriformes/ictaluridae/ameiurus/melas/1.jpg "Ameiurus melas")
/siluriformes/ictaluridae/ameiurus/natalis/1.jpg "Ameiurus natalis")
/siluriformes/ictaluridae/ameiurus/nebulosus/1.jpg "Ameiurus nebulosus")
/siluriformes/ictaluridae/ictalurus/furcatus/1.jpg "Ictalurus furcatus")
/siluriformes/ictaluridae/pylodictis/olivaris/1.jpg "Pylodictis olivaris")
/siluriformes/ictaluridae/noturus/gyrinus/1.jpg "Noturus gyrinus")
/siluriformes/ictaluridae/ameiurus/serracanthus/1.jpg "Ameiurus serracanthus")
/siluriformes/ictaluridae/noturus/insignis/1.jpg "Noturus insignis")
/siluriformes/ictaluridae/noturus/flavus/1.jpg "Noturus flavus")
/siluriformes/ictaluridae/noturus/exilis/1.jpg "Noturus exilis")
/siluriformes/ictaluridae/ameiurus/catus/1.jpg "Ameiurus catus")
/siluriformes/ictaluridae/noturus/miurus/1.jpg "Noturus miurus")
/siluriformes/ictaluridae/noturus/leptacanthus/1.jpg "Noturus leptacanthus")
/siluriformes/ictaluridae/noturus/flavater/1.jpg "Noturus flavater")
/siluriformes/ictaluridae/noturus/stigmosus/1.jpg "Noturus stigmosus")
/siluriformes/ictaluridae/noturus/funebris/1.jpg "Noturus funebris")
/siluriformes/ictaluridae/ameiurus/platycephalus/1.jpg "Ameiurus platycephalus")
| Alphabetic Species List (Chronological | Most Kept | Most Bred) | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1. | (i:1, k:0, b:0) | |
| 2. | (i:4, k:3, b:0) | |
| 3. | (i:14, k:34, b:1) | |
| 4. | (i:10, k:27, b:0) | |
| 5. | (i:14, k:23, b:0) | |
| 6. | (i:1, k:1, b:0) | |
| 7. | (i:3, k:10, b:0) | |
| 8. | (i:1, k:0, b:0) | |
| 9. | (i:1, k:0, b:0) | |
| 10. | (i:1, k:0, b:0) | |
| 11. | (i:11, k:15, b:0) | |
| 12. | (i:2, k:0, b:0) | |
| 13. | (i:1, k:0, b:0) | |
| 14. | Ictalurus mexicanus | (i:0, k:0, b:0) |
| 15. | (i:1, k:0, b:0) | |
| 16. | (i:4, k:0, b:0) | |
| 17. | (i:18, k:56, b:0) | |
| 18. | (i:1, k:0, b:0) | |
| 19. | (i:3, k:0, b:0) | |
| 20. | (i:2, k:0, b:0) | |
| 21. | (i:2, k:0, b:0) | |
| 22. | (i:1, k:0, b:0) | |
| 23. | (i:9, k:4, b:0) | |
| 24. | (i:1, k:0, b:0) | |
| 25. | (i:3, k:2, b:0) | |
| 26. | (i:4, k:0, b:0) | |
| 27. | (i:9, k:7, b:0) | |
| 28. | (i:1, k:1, b:0) | |
| 29. | (i:3, k:0, b:0) | |
| 30. | (i:1, k:0, b:0) | |
| 31. | (i:1, k:0, b:0) | |
| 32. | (i:19, k:14, b:0) | |
| 33. | (i:1, k:0, b:0) | |
| 34. | (i:15, k:8, b:0) | |
| 35. | (i:1, k:0, b:0) | |
| 36. | (i:4, k:2, b:0) | |
| 37. | (i:2, k:0, b:0) | |
| 38. | (i:5, k:2, b:0) | |
| 39. | (i:3, k:0, b:0) | |
| 40. | (i:1, k:0, b:0) | |
| 41. | (i:2, k:0, b:0) | |
| 42. | Noturus placidus | (i:0, k:0, b:0) |
| 43. | (i:1, k:0, b:0) | |
| 44. | (i:1, k:1, b:0) | |
| 45. | Noturus taylori | (i:0, k:1, b:0) |
| 46. | Noturus trautmani | (i:0, k:0, b:0) |
| 47. | Prietella lundbergi | (i:0, k:0, b:0) |
| 48. | (i:5, k:0, b:0) | |
| 49. | (i:14, k:14, b:0) | |
| 50. | (i:1, k:0, b:0) | |
| 51. | (i:1, k:0, b:0) | |
/siluriformes/ictaluridae/ameiurus/brunneus/1.jpg "Ameiurus brunneus")
/siluriformes/ictaluridae/ictalurus/australis/1.jpg "Ictalurus australis")
/siluriformes/ictaluridae/ictalurus/balsanus/1.jpg "Ictalurus balsanus")
/siluriformes/ictaluridae/ictalurus/dugesii/1.jpg "Ictalurus dugesii")
/siluriformes/ictaluridae/ictalurus/lupus/1.jpg "Ictalurus lupus")
/siluriformes/ictaluridae/ictalurus/meridionalis/1.jpg "Ictalurus meridionalis")
/siluriformes/ictaluridae/ictalurus/ochoterenai/1.jpg "Ictalurus ochoterenai")
/siluriformes/ictaluridae/ictalurus/pricei/1.jpg "Ictalurus pricei")
/siluriformes/ictaluridae/noturus/albater/1.jpg "Noturus albater")
/siluriformes/ictaluridae/noturus/baileyi/1.jpg "Noturus baileyi")
/siluriformes/ictaluridae/noturus/crypticus/1.jpg "Noturus crypticus")
/siluriformes/ictaluridae/noturus/elegans/1.jpg "Noturus elegans")
/siluriformes/ictaluridae/noturus/eleutherus/1.jpg "Noturus eleutherus")
/siluriformes/ictaluridae/noturus/fasciatus/1.jpg "Noturus fasciatus")
/siluriformes/ictaluridae/noturus/flavipinnis/1.jpg "Noturus flavipinnis")
/siluriformes/ictaluridae/noturus/furiosus/1.jpg "Noturus furiosus")
/siluriformes/ictaluridae/noturus/gilberti/1.jpg "Noturus gilberti")
/siluriformes/ictaluridae/noturus/gladiator/1.jpg "Noturus gladiator")
/siluriformes/ictaluridae/noturus/hildebrandi/1.jpg "Noturus hildebrandi")
/siluriformes/ictaluridae/noturus/lachneri/1.jpg "Noturus lachneri")
/siluriformes/ictaluridae/noturus/maydeni/1.jpg "Noturus maydeni")
/siluriformes/ictaluridae/noturus/munitus/1.jpg "Noturus munitus")
/siluriformes/ictaluridae/noturus/nocturnus/1.jpg "Noturus nocturnus")
/siluriformes/ictaluridae/noturus/phaeus/1.jpg "Noturus phaeus")
/siluriformes/ictaluridae/noturus/stanauli/1.jpg "Noturus stanauli")
/siluriformes/ictaluridae/prietella/phreatophila/1.jpg "Prietella phreatophila")
/siluriformes/ictaluridae/satan/eurystomus/1.jpg "Satan eurystomus")
/siluriformes/ictaluridae/trogloglanis/pattersoni/1.jpg "Trogloglanis pattersoni")