Definition of Genus Ictalurus

1. Noun. Channel catfishes.

Exact synonyms: Ictalurus
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Ameiuridae, Family Ameiuridae

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Ictalurus

genus Hypochaeris
genus Hypochoeris
genus Hypoderma
genus Hypopachus
genus Hypopitys
genus Hypoxis
genus Hypsiglena
genus Hypsiprymnodon
genus Hyracotherium
genus Hyssopus
genus Iberis
genus Ibero-mesornis
genus Ibis
genus Ichthyosaurus
genus Ichthyostega
genus Ictalurus (current term)
genus Icteria
genus Icterus
genus Ictiobus
genus Ictonyx
genus Idesia
genus Iguana
genus Iguanodon
genus Ilex
genus Iliamna
genus Illecebrum
genus Illicium
genus Impatiens
genus Inachis
genus Indigofera

Literary usage of Genus Ictalurus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science by Kansas Academy of Science (1885)
"genus Ictalurus, Rafinesque. I. punctatus ( Rafinesque ) Jordan. Silver Cat, Blue Cat, Channel Cat, White Cat. Quite common, and much prized as a food fish. ..."

2. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th Series by California academy of sciences (1904)
"... have been found in other species and genera of catfishes, notably in those from salt-water. This species is therefore referred to the genus Ictalurus. ..."

3. American Food and Game Fishes: A Popular Account of All the Species Found in by David Starr Jordan, Barton Warren Evermann (1902)
"... 33 GENUS 'ICTALURUS RAFINESQUE The Channel Cats Body elongate, slender, compressed posteriorly ; head slender and conical; mouth small, terminal, ..."

4. Synopsis of the Fishes of North America by David Starr Jordan, Charles Henry Gilbert (1883)
"The only other alternative, and a not unreasonable one, is t« refer all these species to one genus, Ictalurus. ..."

5. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"At the head of the commercial list stands the channel cats of the genus Ictalurus, which are found throughout the Mississippi Valley and Gulf States, ..."

6. Reports of the North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey (1907)
"... is not an important commercial species, although the flesh is quite palatable. Genus ICTALURUS Rafinesque. Channel Cat-fishes; Fork-tailed Cat-fishes. ..."

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