MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Ictalurus Rafinesque, 1820

WoRMS taxon details

Ictalurus Rafinesque, 1820

AphiaID

154203 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:154203)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Silurus cerulescens Rafinesque, 1820

Parent

Ictaluridae Gill, 1861

Original name

Ictalurus Rafinesque, 1820

Synonymised names

Haustor Jordan & Evermann, 1896 · unaccepted

Istlarius Jordan & Snyder, 1899 · unaccepted

Villarius Rutter, 1896 · unaccepted

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Species Ictalurus australis (Meek, 1904)
Species Ictalurus balsanus (Jordan & Snyder, 1899)
Species Ictalurus dugesii (Bean, 1880)
Species Ictalurus furcatus (Valenciennes, 1840)
Species Ictalurus lupus (Girard, 1858)
Species Ictalurus meridionalis (Günther, 1864)
Species Ictalurus mexicanus (Meek, 1904)
Species Ictalurus ochoterenai (de Buen, 1946)
Species Ictalurus pricei (Rutter, 1896)
Species Ictalurus punctatus (Rafinesque, 1818)
Subgenus Ictalurus (Leptops) Rafinesque, 1820 accepted as Pylodictis Rafinesque, 1819
1. Species Ictalurus (Leptops) olivaris (Rafinesque, 1818) accepted as Pylodictis olivaris (Rafinesque, 1818) (Alternate representation of a superseded new combination)
Species Ictalurus anguilla Evermann & Kendall, 1898 accepted as Ictalurus punctatus (Rafinesque, 1818)
Species Ictalurus brunneus (Jordan, 1877) accepted as Ameiurus brunneus Jordan, 1877
Species Ictalurus catus (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Ameiurus catus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Ictalurus dugesi (Bean, 1880) accepted as Ictalurus dugesii (Bean, 1880) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
Species Ictalurus melas (Rafinesque, 1820) accepted as Ameiurus melas (Rafinesque, 1820)
Species Ictalurus natalis (Lesueur, 1819) accepted as Ameiurus natalis (Lesueur, 1819)
Species Ictalurus nebucosus (Lesueur, 1819) accepted as Ameiurus nebulosus (Lesueur, 1819) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
Species Ictalurus nebulosus (Lesueur, 1819) accepted as Ameiurus nebulosus (Lesueur, 1819)
Species Ictalurus olivaris (Rafinesque, 1818) accepted as Pylodictis olivaris (Rafinesque, 1818) (superseded new combination)
Species Ictalurus platycephalus (Girard, 1859) accepted as Ameiurus platycephalus (Girard, 1859)
Species Ictalurus serracanthus Yerger & Relyea, 1968 accepted as Ameiurus serracanthus (Yerger & Relyea, 1968)
Species Ictalurus lacustris (uncertain > unassessed)

Environment

~~marine~~, brackish, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Rafinesque, C. S. (1820). Fishes of the Ohio River. [Ichthyologia Ohiensis, Part 7]. Western Review and Miscellaneous Magazine: a monthly publ., devoted to literature and science, Lexington, KY. v. 2 (no. 6): 355-363. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Ictalurus Rafinesque, 1820. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=154203 on 2024-11-14

Taxonomic edit history

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2005-04-18 08:19:08Z

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Appeltans, Ward

2013-03-11 12:13:38Z

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Bailly, Nicolas

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

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Bailly, Nicolas

2020-07-17 23:18:30Z

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Bailly, Nicolas

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original description Rafinesque, C. S. (1820). Fishes of the Ohio River. [Ichthyologia Ohiensis, Part 7]. Western Review and Miscellaneous Magazine: a monthly publ., devoted to literature and science, Lexington, KY. v. 2 (no. 6): 355-363. [details]

taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2024). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2024., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]