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Ameiurus catus  (Linnaeus, 1758)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 164037

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Ictalurus catus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  
    Pimelodus albidus Lesueur, 1819
  
    Silurus catus Linnaeus, 1758
  
    Ichthaelurus kevinskii Stauffer, 1869
  
    Amiurus lophius Cope, 1870
  
    Pimelodus lynx Girard, 1859
  
    Ichthyaelurus mccaskei Stauffer, 1869
  
    Amiurus niveiventris Cope, 1870
  
  Common Name(s): White Catfish [English]
  
    white bullhead [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassActinopterygii  – ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes, poisson épineux, poissons à nageoires rayonnées  
                      ClassTeleostei   
                         SuperorderOstariophysi   
                            OrderSiluriformes  – silures, catfishes  
                               FamilyIctaluridae Gill, 1861 – bullhead catfishes, North American freshwater catfishes, barbottes et barbues, barbottes, barbues, bagres de agua dulce, North American catfishes  
                                  GenusAmeiurus Rafinesque, 1820 – bullheads  
                                     SpeciesAmeiurus catus (Linnaeus, 1758) – White Catfish, white bullhead  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Howard L. Jelks  
  Notes: Retired Research Fish Biologist, U.S. Geological Survey, 7920 N.W. 71st Street, Gainesville, Florida 32653   
  Reference for: Ameiurus catus    
       
  Expert: Wayne C. Starnes  
  Notes: Research Curator of Fishes, North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences, Research Laboratory, 4301 Reedy Creek Rd., Raleigh, NC, 27607, USA   
  Reference for: Ameiurus catus    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes, 08-Mar-2022, website (version 08-Mar-22)  
  Acquired: 2022   
  Notes: Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds) 2022. ESCHMEYER'S CATALOG OF FISHES: GENERA, SPECIES, REFERENCES. (https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp). Electronic version accessed 21 Mar 2022   
  Reference for: Ameiurus catus   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Ameiurus catus   
       
  Source: Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database, database (version 1.1)  
  Acquired: 2020   
  Notes: https://nas.er.usgs.gov/ The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Nonindigenous Aquatic Species (NAS) Program maintains a database that monitors, records, and analyzes sightings of nonindigenous aquatic plant and animal species throughout the United States. The program is based at the USGS Wetland and Aquatic Research Center in Gainesville, Florida   
  Reference for: Ameiurus catus   
       
  Source: Page, L. M., and B. M. Burr. 2006. The Ictaluridae, website (version 2006)  
  Acquired: 2020   
  Notes: Part of the All Catfish Species Inventory can be found at https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/fish/catfish/ictaluridae/ [compiled by G. E. Sheehy]   
  Reference for: Ameiurus catus   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Eschmeyer, William N., ed.  
  Publication Date: 1998   
  Article/Chapter Title: Catalog of Fishes   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3   
  Page(s): 2905   
  Publisher: California Academy of Sciences   
  Publication Place: San Francisco, California, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-940228-47-5   
  Notes: Available online at http://www.jstor.org/stable/25622932   
  Reference for: Ameiurus catus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Ferraris, Carl J., Jr.  
  Publication Date: 2007   
  Article/Chapter Title: Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Zootaxa, vol. 1418   
  Page(s): 1-628   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 1175-5326   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Ameiurus catus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Murdy, Edward O., Ray S. Birdsong, and John A. Musick  
  Publication Date: 1997   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Fishes of Chesapeake Bay   
  Page(s): xi + 324   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-638-7   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Ameiurus catus, White Catfish [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, et al., eds.  
  Publication Date: 2004   
  Article/Chapter Title: Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Sixth Edition   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 29   
  Page(s): ix + 386   
  Publisher: American Fisheries Society   
  Publication Place: Bethesda, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-888569-61-1, 0097-0638  
  Notes: Full author list: Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, Héctor Espinosa-Pérez, Lloyd T. Findley, Carter R. Gilbert, Robert N. Lea, and James D. Williams   
  Reference for: Ameiurus catus, White Catfish [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Page, L. M., H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, R. N. Lea, N. E. Mandrak, et al., eds.  
  Publication Date: 2013   
  Article/Chapter Title: Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Seventh Edition   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 34   
  Page(s): ix + 384   
  Publisher: American Fisheries Society   
  Publication Place: Bethesda, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 9781934874318, 0097-0638  
  Notes: Full author list: Lawrence M. Page, Héctor Espinosa-Pérez, Lloyd T. Findley, Carter R. Gilbert, Robert N. Lea, Nicholas E. Mandrak, Richard L. Mayden, and Joseph S. Nelson   
  Reference for: Ameiurus catus, White Catfish [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al.  
  Publication Date: 1980   
  Article/Chapter Title: A List of Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, Fourth Edition   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 12   
  Page(s): 174   
  Publisher: American Fisheries Society   
  Publication Place: Bethesda, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0097-0638   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: White Catfish[English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al.  
  Publication Date: 1991   
  Article/Chapter Title: Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, Fifth Edition   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 20   
  Page(s): 183   
  Publisher: American Fisheries Society   
  Publication Place: Bethesda, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-913235-70-9, 0097-0638  
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Ameiurus catus, White Catfish [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Rodríguez-Barreras, Ruber, Camille Zapata-Arroyo, Wilfredo Falcón L., and María De Lourdes Olmeda  
  Publication Date: 2020   
  Article/Chapter Title: An island invaded by exotics: a review of freshwater fish in Puerto Rico   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Neotropical Biodiversity, vol. 6, no. 1   
  Page(s): 42-59   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 2376-6808   
  Notes: Available online at https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23766808.2020.1729303   
  Reference for: Ameiurus catus   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Caribbean  
    North America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Caribbean Territories, Introduced  
    Continental US, Native & Introduced  
 

 

    

 Comments
       
  Comment: Nelson et al. (2004) Occurrence values: F:U  
 

 

    

 
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