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The native range of the flathead catfish includes a broad area west of the Appalachian Mountains encompassing large rivers of the Mississippi, Missouri, and Ohio basins. The range extends as far north as Canada, as far west as Texas, and south to the Gulf of Mexico including northeastern Mexico.
The maximum length is 160 cm (5.2 ft) in the blue catfish and the flathead catfish. [5] The bullheads, though, are small catfish which at maturity often weigh less than 0.5 kg (1 lb), while the madtoms (genus Noturus ) are in general much smaller.
There are over 177 species of fish in the US state of Oklahoma, at least 7% of which are not native. [1] Species include: Alabama shad (Alosa alabamae) Alligator gar (Atractosteus spatula) American eel (Anguilla rostrata) American gizzard shad (Dorosoma cepedianum) American paddlefish (Polyodon spathula) Arkansas darter (Etheostoma cragini)
The Oklahoma lake record catfish that was caught by noodling weighed 87.85 pounds (39.85 kg), was 53 + 3 ⁄ 4 inches (137 cm) long, and 38 + 1 ⁄ 4 inches (97 cm) in girth. [12] A typical weight for a flathead catfish caught by noodling is 40 lb (18 kg).
Non-native, exotic species Goldfish, Carassius auratus [61] Order: Cypriniformes, Family: Leuciscidae. Native species Arkansas River shiner, Notropis girardi [62] Central stoneroller, Campostoma anomalum [63] Chub shiner, Notropis potteri [64] Kiamichi shiner, Notropis ortenburgeri [65] Mimic shiner, Notropis volucellus [66] Ozark minnow ...
Ictaluridae includes bullheads, madtoms, channel catfish, and blue catfish. Noturus exilis is found in the central portion of the Mississippi River basin, but is most abundant in Ozarkian streams. [2] Slender madtoms occur west of the Mississippi River in the Ozarks of Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Missouri north to southern Wisconsin and Minnesota.
The current state record flathead, caught in 2020, weighs 56 pounds and 3 ounces, Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission records show. The flathead catfish weighed in at 66 pounds and 6.4 ounces ...
Ameiurus is a genus of catfishes in the family Ictaluridae.It contains the three common types of bullhead catfish found in waters of the United States, the black bullhead (Ameiurus melas), the brown bullhead (Ameiurus nebulosus), and the yellow bullhead (Ameiurus natalis), as well as other species, such as the white catfish (Ameiurus catus or Ictalurus catus), which are not typically called ...