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  2. Channel catfish - Wikipedia

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    The channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) is North America's most numerous catfish species. It is the official fish of Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Tennessee, and is informally referred to as a "channel cat". In the United States, they are the most fished catfish species with around 8 million anglers targeting them per year. They also have ...

  3. Ictaluridae - Wikipedia

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    Noturus, madtoms. Prietella. Pylodictis. Satan. Trogloglanis. The Ictaluridae, sometimes called ictalurids, are a family of catfish native to North America, where they are an important food source and sometimes fished for sport. The family includes about 51 species, some commonly known as bullheads, madtoms, channel catfish, and blue catfish .

  4. Catfish - Wikipedia

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    Catfish (or catfishes; order Siluriformes / s ɪ ˈ lj ʊər ɪ f ɔːr m iː z / or Nematognathi) are a diverse group of ray-finned fish.Named for their prominent barbels, which resemble a cat's whiskers, catfish range in size and behavior from the three largest species alive, the Mekong giant catfish from Southeast Asia, the wels catfish of Eurasia, and the piraíba of South America, to ...

  5. Aquaculture of catfish - Wikipedia

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    Channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) supported a $450 million/yr aquaculture industry in 2003. [5] The US farm-raised catfish industry began in the early 1960s in Kansas, Oklahoma and Arkansas. Channel catfish quickly became the major catfish grown, as it was hardy and easily spawned in earthen ponds. By the late 1960s, the industry moved into ...

  6. Blue catfish - Wikipedia

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    Blue catfish. The blue catfish (Ictalurus furcatus) is a large species of North American catfish, reaching a length of 65 in (170 cm) and a weight of 143 lb (65 kg). [4] The continent ’s largest catfish, it can live to 20 years, with a typical fish being between 25–46 in (64–117 cm) and 30–70 lb (14–32 kg). Native distribution is ...

  7. Hardhead catfish - Wikipedia

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    The hardhead catfish ( Ariopsis felis) is a species of sea catfish from the northwest Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico, and similar to the gafftopsail catfish ( Bagre marinus ). It is one of four species in the genus Ariopsis. [ 3] The common name, hardhead catfish, is derived from the presence of a hard, bony plate extending rearward toward the ...

  8. Ictalurus - Wikipedia

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    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]

  9. Wels catfish - Wikipedia

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    The wels catfish (/ ˈ w ɛ l s / or / ˈ v ɛ l s /; Silurus glanis), also called sheatfish or just wels, [2] is a large species of catfish native to wide areas of central, southern, and eastern Europe, in the basins of the Baltic, Black and Caspian Seas.

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