Cat-eLog Right Families RightIctaluridae

Artistic impression of typical member of the Ictaluridae
 
Down 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 26 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

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Down Top Five Genera (by keepers)
1.Pylodictis1 species(14 keepers)
2.Ameiurus7 species(10 keepers)
3.Noturus29 species(0 keepers)
4.Ictalurus10 species(0 keepers)
5.Trogloglanis1 species(0 keepers)
Down Most Kept Species
1.
Ictalurus punctatusIctalurus punctatus
(24.89%)
2.
Ameiurus melasAmeiurus melas
(15.11%)
3.
Ameiurus natalisAmeiurus natalis
(12%)
4.
Ameiurus nebulosusAmeiurus nebulosus
(10.22%)
5.
Ictalurus furcatusIctalurus furcatus
(6.67%)
6.
Pylodictis olivarisPylodictis olivaris
(6.22%)
7.
Noturus gyrinusNoturus gyrinus
(6.22%)
8.
Ameiurus serracanthusAmeiurus serracanthus
(4.44%)
9.
Noturus insignisNoturus insignis
(3.56%)
10.
Noturus flavusNoturus flavus
(3.11%)
11.
Noturus exilisNoturus exilis
(1.78%)
12.
Ameiurus catusAmeiurus catus
(1.33%)
13.
Noturus flavaterNoturus flavater
(0.89%)
14.
Noturus miurusNoturus miurus
(0.89%)
15.
Noturus leptacanthusNoturus leptacanthus
(0.89%)
16.Noturus taylori(0.44%)
17.
Noturus stigmosusNoturus stigmosus
(0.44%)
18.
Noturus funebrisNoturus funebris
(0.44%)
19.
Ameiurus platycephalusAmeiurus platycephalus
(0.44%)
Down Chronological Species List
(Alphabetic | Most Kept | Most Bred)
1.
Ameiurus catusAmeiurus catus
(i:4, k:3, b:0)
2.
Noturus gyrinusNoturus gyrinus
(i:19, k:14, b:0)
3.
Ictalurus punctatusIctalurus punctatus
(i:18, k:56, b:0)
4.
Noturus flavusNoturus flavus
(i:9, k:7, b:0)
5.
Pylodictis olivarisPylodictis olivaris
(i:14, k:14, b:0)
6.
Ameiurus natalisAmeiurus natalis
(i:10, k:27, b:0)
7.
Ameiurus nebulosusAmeiurus nebulosus
(i:14, k:23, b:0)
8.
Ameiurus melasAmeiurus melas
(i:14, k:34, b:1)
9.
Noturus insignisNoturus insignis
(i:15, k:8, b:0)
10.
Ictalurus furcatusIctalurus furcatus
(i:11, k:15, b:0)
11.
Ictalurus lupusIctalurus lupus
(i:2, k:0, b:0)
12.
Ameiurus platycephalusAmeiurus platycephalus
(i:1, k:1, b:0)
13.
Ictalurus meridionalisIctalurus meridionalis
(i:1, k:0, b:0)
14.
Noturus exilisNoturus exilis
(i:9, k:4, b:0)
15.
Ameiurus brunneusAmeiurus brunneus
(i:1, k:0, b:0)
16.
Noturus eleutherusNoturus eleutherus
(i:1, k:0, b:0)
17.
Noturus leptacanthusNoturus leptacanthus
(i:4, k:2, b:0)
18.
Noturus miurusNoturus miurus
(i:5, k:2, b:0)
19.
Ictalurus dugesiiIctalurus dugesii
(i:1, k:0, b:0)
20.
Noturus nocturnusNoturus nocturnus
(i:1, k:0, b:0)
21.
Noturus furiosusNoturus furiosus
(i:3, k:0, b:0)
22.
Noturus gilbertiNoturus gilberti
(i:1, k:0, b:0)
23.
Noturus funebrisNoturus funebris
(i:1, k:1, b:0)
24.
Ictalurus priceiIctalurus pricei
(i:4, k:0, b:0)
25.
Ictalurus balsanusIctalurus balsanus
(i:1, k:0, b:0)
26.
Ictalurus australisIctalurus australis
(i:1, k:0, b:0)
27.Ictalurus mexicanus(i:0, k:0, b:0)
28.
Trogloglanis pattersoniTrogloglanis pattersoni
(i:1, k:0, b:0)
29.
Ictalurus ochoterenaiIctalurus ochoterenai
(i:1, k:0, b:0)
30.
Satan eurystomusSatan eurystomus
(i:1, k:0, b:0)
31.
Noturus hildebrandiNoturus hildebrandi
(i:1, k:0, b:0)
32.
Prietella phreatophilaPrietella phreatophila
(i:5, k:0, b:0)
33.
Noturus munitusNoturus munitus
(i:3, k:0, b:0)
34.
Ameiurus serracanthusAmeiurus serracanthus
(i:3, k:10, b:0)
35.
Noturus albaterNoturus albater
(i:1, k:0, b:0)
36.
Noturus baileyiNoturus baileyi
(i:3, k:0, b:0)
37.
Noturus elegansNoturus elegans
(i:2, k:0, b:0)
38.
Noturus flavaterNoturus flavater
(i:3, k:2, b:0)
39.
Noturus flavipinnisNoturus flavipinnis
(i:4, k:0, b:0)
40.
Noturus lachneriNoturus lachneri
(i:1, k:0, b:0)
41.
Noturus phaeusNoturus phaeus
(i:2, k:0, b:0)
42.Noturus placidus(i:0, k:0, b:0)
43.
Noturus stigmosusNoturus stigmosus
(i:1, k:1, b:0)
44.Noturus trautmani(i:0, k:0, b:0)
45.Noturus taylori(i:0, k:1, b:0)
46.
Noturus stanauliNoturus stanauli
(i:1, k:0, b:0)
47.Prietella lundbergi(i:0, k:0, b:0)
48.
Noturus gladiatorNoturus gladiator
(i:1, k:0, b:0)
49.
Noturus crypticusNoturus crypticus
(i:2, k:0, b:0)
50.
Noturus fasciatusNoturus fasciatus
(i:1, k:0, b:0)
51.
Noturus maydeniNoturus maydeni
(i:2, k:0, b:0)