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Common member of the family Ictaluridae
 
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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 1 species (2.0%) are being kept by registered keepers
Distribution North America

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Hop to next section Top Five Genera (by keepers)
1.Ameiurus7 species(1 keepers)
2.Ictalurus10 species(0 keepers)
3.Noturus29 species(0 keepers)
4.Prietella2 species(0 keepers)
5.Pylodictis1 species(0 keepers)
Hop to next section Most Kept Species
1.
Ameiurus natalisAmeiurus natalis
(100%)
Hop to next section Alphabetic Species List
(Chronological | Most Kept | Most Bred)
1.
Ameiurus brunneusAmeiurus brunneus
(i:1, k:0, b:0)
2.
Ameiurus catusAmeiurus catus
(i:4, k:0, b:0)
3.
Ameiurus melasAmeiurus melas
(i:14, k:0, b:0)
4.
Ameiurus natalisAmeiurus natalis
(i:10, k:1, b:0)
5.
Ameiurus nebulosusAmeiurus nebulosus
(i:14, k:0, b:0)
6.
Ameiurus platycephalusAmeiurus platycephalus
(i:1, k:0, b:0)
7.
Ameiurus serracanthusAmeiurus serracanthus
(i:3, k:0, b:0)
8.
Ictalurus australisIctalurus australis
(i:1, k:0, b:0)
9.
Ictalurus balsanusIctalurus balsanus
(i:1, k:0, b:0)
10.
Ictalurus dugesiiIctalurus dugesii
(i:1, k:0, b:0)
11.
Ictalurus furcatusIctalurus furcatus
(i:11, k:0, b:0)
12.
Ictalurus lupusIctalurus lupus
(i:2, k:0, b:0)
13.
Ictalurus meridionalisIctalurus meridionalis
(i:1, k:0, b:0)
14.Ictalurus mexicanus(i:0, k:0, b:0)
15.
Ictalurus ochoterenaiIctalurus ochoterenai
(i:1, k:0, b:0)
16.
Ictalurus priceiIctalurus pricei
(i:4, k:0, b:0)
17.
Ictalurus punctatusIctalurus punctatus
(i:18, k:0, b:0)
18.
Noturus albaterNoturus albater
(i:1, k:0, b:0)
19.
Noturus baileyiNoturus baileyi
(i:3, k:0, b:0)
20.
Noturus crypticusNoturus crypticus
(i:2, k:0, b:0)
21.
Noturus elegansNoturus elegans
(i:2, k:0, b:0)
22.
Noturus eleutherusNoturus eleutherus
(i:1, k:0, b:0)
23.
Noturus exilisNoturus exilis
(i:9, k:0, b:0)
24.
Noturus fasciatusNoturus fasciatus
(i:1, k:0, b:0)
25.
Noturus flavaterNoturus flavater
(i:3, k:0, b:0)
26.
Noturus flavipinnisNoturus flavipinnis
(i:4, k:0, b:0)
27.
Noturus flavusNoturus flavus
(i:9, k:0, b:0)
28.
Noturus funebrisNoturus funebris
(i:1, k:0, b:0)
29.
Noturus furiosusNoturus furiosus
(i:3, k:0, b:0)
30.
Noturus gilbertiNoturus gilberti
(i:1, k:0, b:0)
31.
Noturus gladiatorNoturus gladiator
(i:1, k:0, b:0)
32.
Noturus gyrinusNoturus gyrinus
(i:19, k:0, b:0)
33.
Noturus hildebrandiNoturus hildebrandi
(i:1, k:0, b:0)
34.
Noturus insignisNoturus insignis
(i:15, k:0, b:0)
35.
Noturus lachneriNoturus lachneri
(i:1, k:0, b:0)
36.
Noturus leptacanthusNoturus leptacanthus
(i:4, k:0, b:0)
37.
Noturus maydeniNoturus maydeni
(i:2, k:0, b:0)
38.
Noturus miurusNoturus miurus
(i:5, k:0, b:0)
39.
Noturus munitusNoturus munitus
(i:3, k:0, b:0)
40.
Noturus nocturnusNoturus nocturnus
(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 stanauliNoturus stanauli
(i:1, k:0, b:0)
44.
Noturus stigmosusNoturus stigmosus
(i:1, k:0, b:0)
45.Noturus taylori(i:0, k:0, b:0)
46.Noturus trautmani(i:0, k:0, b:0)
47.Prietella lundbergi(i:0, k:0, b:0)
48.
Prietella phreatophilaPrietella phreatophila
(i:5, k:0, b:0)
49.
Pylodictis olivarisPylodictis olivaris
(i:14, k:0, b:0)
50.
Satan eurystomusSatan eurystomus
(i:1, k:0, b:0)
51.
Trogloglanis pattersoniTrogloglanis pattersoni
(i:1, k:0, b:0)