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Ictalurus punctatus

Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Ictaluridae

Taxonomy
Silurus punctatus was named by Rafinesque (1818). It is extant.

It was recombined as Ictalurus punctatus by Wilson (1967).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
I. catus, I. lambda, I. leidyi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1818Silurus punctatus Rafinesque
1967Ictalurus punctatus Wilson p. 202

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Teleocephalade Pinna 1996
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Otocephala
superorderOstariophysiJordan and Evermann 1896
—Otophysi
—Siluriphysi
orderSiluriformes
suborderSiluroidei
familyIctaluridaeGill 1861
genusIctalurusRafinesque 1820
speciespunctatus(Rafinesque 1818)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Ictalurus punctatus Rafinesque 1818
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwatero
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:43:11
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:34:22
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Aquitanian to the top of the Holocene or 23.04000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45USA (Texas) Ictalurus punctatus (18663)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Nebraska) Ictalurus punctatus (18284)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Kansas) Ictalurus punctatus (20165 20427)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Ictalurus punctatus (93103)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Michigan) Ictalurus punctatus (200485)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Quebec) Ictalurus punctatus (224189)