Definition of Ictalurus punctatus

1. Noun. Freshwater food fish common throughout central United States.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Ictalurus Punctatus

Icelandic Sheepdogs
Icelandic Sign Language
Icelandic Spitz
Icelandic Spitze
Icelandic krona
Icelandic monetary unit
Icelandish
Ichabod
Ichang lemon
Ichang lemons
Ichneumonidae
Ichthyosauridae
Ichyostega
Icke
Ictalurus
Ictalurus punctatus (current term)
Icteria
Icteria virens
Icteridae
Icterus galbula
Icterus galbula bullockii
Icterus galbula galbula
Icterus spurius
Ictiobus
Ictiobus niger
Ictodosauria
Ictonyx
Ictonyx frenata
Ictonyx striata
Id al-Adha

Literary usage of Ictalurus punctatus

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

1. Bass, Pike, Perch and Others by James Alexander Henshall (1903)
"But one species will be noticed. Ictalurus punctatus. The Channel-catfish. Body elongate, slender, compressed posteriorly; head 4; ..."

2. Bass, Pike, Perch and Other Game Fishes of America by James Alexander Henshall (1919)
"Ictalurus punctatus. The Channel-catfish. Body elongate, slender, compressed posteriorly; head 4; depth 5; eye large; DI6; A. 25 to 30; head slender and ..."

3. Bass, Pike, Perch and Others by James Alexander Henshall (1903)
"... (Ictalurus punctatus) The channel-cat was first described by Rafi- nesque, in 1820, from the Ohio River. He named it punctatus, or " spotted," owing to ..."

4. Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1907)
"312—Channel Catfish, Ictalurus punctatus (Rafinesque). ... The white channel-cat, Ictalurus punctatus, reaches a much smaller size and abounds on the ..."

5. Recirculation edited by Peter W. Perschbacher (1995)
"Chronic exposure of channel catfish Ictalurus punctatus to ammonia: Effects on growth and survival. Aquaculture 15:353-372. Crawford, RE and GH Allen. 1977. ..."

6. Warmwater Fisheries: Symposium I (1991) edited by James L. Cooper, R. H. Hamre (1999)
"Improved method for preparing pectoral spine sections of channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus, for age determinations. Progressive Fish- Culturist 42:80-81. ..."

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