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Artistic impression of typical member of the Ictaluridae
Family Common Name North American Catfishes
Distribution North America
Common Names Bullhead, Channel or Flathead Catfish, Madtom, Stonecat
Size Smallest 42mm, largest 1651mm, average 266mm, most commonly 150mm. All SL.
Species There are 48 species in 7 genera in the database
Keepers 18 species (37%) are being kept by registered keepers
 
Jump to next section Subfamilies in Ictaluridae
1. None 48 species (100%)
 
Jump to next section Top Five Genera
1. Noturus 27 species (5014 keepers)
2. Ictalurus 9 species (1016 keepers)
3. Prietella 2 species (404 keepers)
4. Ameiurus 7 species (373 keepers)
5. Pylodictis 1 species (216 keepers)
 
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Jump to next section Most Kept Species
1. Ictalurus punctatus (24.54%)
2. Ameiurus melas (15.74%)
3. Ameiurus natalis (12.04%)
4. Ameiurus nebulosus (10.65%)
5. Ictalurus furcatus (6.94%)
6. Pylodictis olivaris (6.48%)
7. Noturus gyrinus (6.48%)
8. Ameiurus serracanthus (4.63%)
9. Noturus flavus (3.24%)
10. Noturus insignis (2.78%)
11. Noturus exilis (1.85%)
12. Ameiurus catus (1.39%)
13. Noturus leptacanthus (0.93%)
14. Noturus taylori (0.46%)
15. Noturus miurus (0.46%)
16. Noturus funebris (0.46%)
17. Noturus flavater (0.46%)
18. Ameiurus platycephalus (0.46%)
 
Jump to next section Species List
1. Ameiurus brunneus (i:1, k:0)
2. Ameiurus catus (i:4, k:3)
3. Ameiurus melas (i:14, k:34)
4. Ameiurus natalis (i:10, k:26)
5. Ameiurus nebulosus (i:12, k:23)
6. Ameiurus platycephalus (i:1, k:1)
7. Ameiurus serracanthus (i:12, k:10)
8. Ictalurus australis (i:1, k:0)
9. Ictalurus balsanus (i:1, k:0)
10. Ictalurus dugesii (i:1, k:0)
11. Ictalurus furcatus (i:11, k:15)
12. Ictalurus lupus (i:2, k:0)
13. Ictalurus mexicanus (i:0, k:0)
14. Ictalurus ochoterenai (i:1, k:0)
15. Ictalurus pricei (i:4, k:0)
16. Ictalurus punctatus (i:17, k:53)
17. Noturus albater (i:1, k:0)
18. Noturus baileyi (i:1, k:0)
19. Noturus crypticus (i:2, k:0)
20. Noturus elegans (i:2, k:0)
21. Noturus eleutherus (i:1, k:0)
22. Noturus exilis (i:9, k:4)
23. Noturus flavater (i:3, k:1)
24. Noturus flavipinnis (i:2, k:0)
25. Noturus flavus (i:9, k:7)
26. Noturus funebris (i:1, k:1)
27. Noturus furiosus (i:0, k:0)
28. Noturus gilberti (i:1, k:0)
29. Noturus gladiator (i:1, k:0)
30. Noturus gyrinus (i:19, k:14)
31. Noturus hildebrandi (i:1, k:0)
32. Noturus insignis (i:15, k:6)
33. Noturus lachneri (i:1, k:0)
34. Noturus leptacanthus (i:4, k:2)
35. Noturus miurus (i:4, k:1)
36. Noturus munitus (i:2, k:0)
37. Noturus nocturnus (i:1, k:0)
38. Noturus phaeus (i:2, k:0)
39. Noturus placidus (i:0, k:0)
40. Noturus stanauli (i:0, k:0)
41. Noturus stigmosus (i:1, k:0)
42. Noturus taylori (i:0, k:1)
43. Noturus trautmani (i:0, k:0)
44. Prietella lundbergi (i:0, k:0)
45. Prietella phreatophila (i:5, k:0)
46. Pylodictis olivaris (i:12, k:14)
47. Satan eurystomus (i:1, k:0)
48. Trogloglanis pattersoni (i:1, k:0)