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Ictaluridae 
AphiaID: 154197

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Siluriformes (Order)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Added by Database Management Team
Rank Family
Parent Siluriformes
Source  basis of record: Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Dutch meerval  [details]
English north american freshwater catfishes  [details]
French poisson-chat  [details]
German Wels  [details]
Norwegian BokmÃ¥l dvergmallefamilien  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk dvergmallefamilien  [details]
Direct child
taxa

[show all]
 Genus Ameiurus Rafinesque, 1820
Genus Ictalurus Rafinesque, 1820
Genus Noturus
Genus Prietella
Genus Pylodictis
Genus Satan
Genus Trogloglanis

Genus Ameirus accepted as Ameiurus Rafinesque, 1820
Genus Amiurus Agassiz, 1846 accepted as Ameiurus Rafinesque, 1820
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:154197
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2005-04-18 08:19:08Z  created  Appeltans, Ward
  
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  Citation: WoRMS (2013). Ictaluridae. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=154197 on 2013-05-24
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