United States (contiguous states) country information
Common names:
Catfish, Channel catfish, Channel catfish
Occurrence:
native
Salinity:
freshwater
Abundance:
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Importance:
highly commercial
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Ref: FAO, 1994
Aquaculture:
commercial
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Ref: FAO Fishery Information, Data and Statistics Service, 1993
Regulations:
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Uses:
live export: yes;
Comments:
Known from St. Lawrence-Great Lakes, Hudson Bay (Red River drainage), and Missouri-Mississippi river basins from New Hampshire south to Gulf. Possibly native on Atlantic and Gulf slopes from Susquehanna River to Neuse River, and from Savannah River to Lake Okeechobee, Florida, and west to eastern New Mexico. Introduced throughout most of US (Ref. 86798). Recorded from some Atlantic slope drainages of northern and southern United States; widely introduced (Ref. 10294). A popular fish sold in live fish markets. Found in 3 out of 6 live fish markets near the Lakes Erie and Ontario (Ref. 53249). Also reported from Gulf of Mexico drainages (Ref. 93252). Also Ref. 6447.
National Checklist:
Country Information:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html
National Fisheries Authority:
http://www.nmfs.gov
Occurrences:
OccurrencesPoint map
Main Ref:
Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 2011
National Database:
Teleostei (teleosts) > Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Ictaluridae (North American freshwater catfishes)
Etymology: Ictalurus:Greek, ichtys = fish + Greek, ailouros = cat (Ref. 45335); punctatus:Ictalurus (Greek)=fish cat; punctatus (Latin)=spotted (referring to the dark spots on the body) (Ref. 79012). More on author: Rafinesque.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
