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The flathead catfish (Pylodictis olivaris), also called by several common names including mudcat or shovelhead cat, is a large species of North American freshwater catfish in the family Ictaluridae. It is the only species of the genus Pylodictis .
A flathead is one of a number of small to medium fish species with notably flat heads, distributed in membership across various genera of the family Platycephalidae. Many species are found in estuaries and the open ocean in the Indo-Pacific , especially most parts of Australia where they are popular sport and table fish .
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.
The term "noodling", although today used primarily towards the capture of flathead catfish, can and has been applied to all hand fishing methods, regardless of the method or species of fish sought. The origin of the term is unknown. [2]
This fish beats the previous state-record flathead catfish – 52 pounds, 46.02 inches long – caught in 2014.
The flathead sea catfish [2] (Notarius planiceps) is a species of catfish in the family Ariidae. [3] It was described by Franz Steindachner in 1876, originally under the genus Arius. [1] It inhabits rivers, estuaries, and marine waters on the Pacific coast, from Mexico to Panama, at a maximum depth of 60 m (200 ft). [4]
The widemouth blindcat's closest relative is the much larger flathead catfish (Pylodictis olivaris). [3] Distribution and habitat.
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 ...