Ictalurus

Ictalurus
Temporal range: Oligocene - Recent
channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Ictaluridae
Genus: Ictalurus
Rafinesque, 1820
Type species
Silurus cerulescens
Rafinesque, 1820
Synonyms
  • Elliops Rafinesque, 1820
  • Synechoglanis Gill, 1859
  • Ichthaelurus Cope, 1868
  • Villarius Rutter, 1896
  • Haustor Jordan & Evermann, 1896
  • Istlarius Jordan & Snyder, 1899
  • Ichthyaelurus Meek, 1904

Ictalurus is a genus of North American freshwater catfishes. It includes the well-known channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) and blue catfish (Ictalurus furcatus).

The catfish genome database (cBARBEL) is a database for the genetics of Ictalurus species.[1]

  1. ^ Lu, J.; Peatman, E.; Yang, Q.; Wang, S.; Hu, Z.; Reecy, J.; Kucuktas, H.; Liu, Z. (8 October 2010). "The catfish genome database cBARBEL: an informatic platform for genome biology of ictalurid catfish". Nucleic Acids Research. 39 (Database): D815–D821. doi:10.1093/nar/gkq765. PMC 3013753. PMID 20935046.