Back Сомік канальны Byelorussian Котешки сом Bulgarian Peix gat americà Catalan Ictalurus punctatus CEB Ictalurus punctatus Spanish Kanalisäga Estonian Ictalurus punctatus Basque گربهماهی کانال Persian Barbue de rivière French Pettyes harcsa Hungarian
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Ictaluridae |
| Genus: | Ictalurus |
| Species: | I. punctatus
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| Ictalurus punctatus (Rafinesque, 1818)
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The channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) is North America's most numerous catfish species. It is the official fish of Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Tennessee, and is informally referred to as a "channel cat". In the United States, they are the most fished catfish species with around 8 million anglers targeting them per year. They also have very few teeth and swallow food whole. The popularity of channel catfish for food has contributed to the rapid expansion of aquaculture of this species in the United States.[2] It has also been widely introduced in Europe, Asia and South America, and it is legally considered an invasive species in many countries.[3][4][5]
- ^ NatureServe (2013). "Ictalurus punctatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T202680A18236665. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T202680A18236665.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Carlander KD (1969). Handbook of freshwater fishery biology. Vol. 1. Ames, Iowa: The Iowa State University Press.
- ^ Engle, Carole (22 October 2013). "Ictalurus punctatus (channel catfish)". Invasive Species Compendium. Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
- ^ "Ictalurus punctatus". Invasive Species of Japan. National Institute for Environmental Studies. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
- ^ "Ictalurus punctatus" (PDF). Catálogo Español de Especies Exóticas Invasoras. Ministerio para la Transición Ecológica y el Reto Demográfico. September 2013. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
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