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  1. Life
  2. Animals
  3. Chordates
  4. Ray-finned Fishes
  5. Catfishes
  6. Siluroidei
  7. Ictalurid Catfishes

family

Ictalurid Catfishes

Ictaluridae

Includes
25 native
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Madtoms 15 native
  • Bullheads 6 native
  • Channel Catfishes 3 native
  • Flathead Catfishes 1 native
  • Prietella

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Most observed native ictalurid catfishes All

Native to the US, by observations.

  • Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus 12,328 observations
  • Brown Bullhead Ameiurus nebulosus 5,836 observations
  • Yellow Bullhead Ameiurus natalis 4,539 observations
  • Black Bullhead Ameiurus melas 4,194 observations
  • Blue Catfish Ictalurus furcatus 2,415 observations
  • Flathead Catfish Pylodictis olivaris 1,826 observations
  • Stonecat Noturus flavus 1,331 observations
  • Tadpole Madtom Noturus gyrinus 1,186 observations
  • White Catfish Ameiurus catus 1,000 observations
  • Margined Madtom Noturus insignis 865 observations
  • Slender Madtom Noturus exilis 737 observations
  • Speckled Madtom Noturus leptacanthus 526 observations
  • Brindled Madtom Noturus miurus 519 observations
  • Flat Bullhead Ameiurus platycephalus 253 observations
  • Snail Bullhead Ameiurus brunneus 242 observations
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