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Ictalurus

Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Ictaluridae

Taxonomy
Ictalurus was named by Rafinesque (1820). It is extant.

It was assigned to Ictaluridae by Estes and Tihen (1964), Wilson (1967), Carnevale and Godfrey (2018) and May (2019).

Species
I. (Amiurus), I. countermani, I. punctatus, I. spodius
Species lacking formal opinion data
I. catus, I. lambda, I. leidyi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1820Ictalurus Rafinesque
1964Ictalurus Estes and Tihen p. 455
1967Ictalurus Wilson p. 202
2018Ictalurus Carnevale and Godfrey p. 167
2019Ictalurus May

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Osteoglossocephalai
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Otomorpha
—Ostariophysi(Jordan and Evermann 1896)
—Otophysa
superorderCharaciphysae
orderSiluriformes
suborderSiluroidei
familyIctaluridaeGill 1861
genusIctalurusRafinesque 1820

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Ictalurus Rafinesque 1820
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Subg. Ictalurus (Amiurus) Rafinesque 1820
†Ictalurus countermani Lundberg and Luckenbill 2012
Ictalurus punctatus Rafinesque 1818
†Ictalurus spodius Smith 1987
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwatero
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:43:11
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:34:22
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Monroecreekian to the top of the Holocene or 26.30000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 24.8 Ma

Collections (33 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Monroecreekian26.3 - 24.8USA (South Dakota) I. sp. (67636)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44USA (Texas) I. punctatus (18663)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Nebraska) Ictalurus indet. (18102 18206 18208) I. lambda, I. echinatus, I. leidyi, I. punctatus (18284) I. sp. (18031 18165 18223 18442)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (South Dakota) I. sp. (18455)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Texas) Ameiurus sp. (18640) I. lambda (18623)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Kansas) I. lambda (18449) I. lambda, I. sp. (18450)
Late/Upper Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Florida) I. catus (18554)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246USA (Maryland) I. sp. (135808)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Florida) I. sp. (19764)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8Mexico (Hidalgo) I. spodius (18753)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Arizona) I. sp. (19622)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (West Virginia) I. sp. (124319)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Kansas) I. melas (20293) I. melas, I. punctatus (20165) I. punctatus (20427)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (South Dakota) I. sp. (20389)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Florida) I. sp. (20400)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) I. sp. (154921)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) I. punctatus (93103) I. sp. (74470)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Michigan) I. punctatus (200485)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Georgia) I. sp. (152113)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Florida) I. sp. (227371)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Quebec) I. nebulosus, I. punctatus (224189)