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Definition of Ictalurus punctatus
1. Noun. Freshwater food fish common throughout central United States.
Generic synonyms: Catfish, Siluriform Fish
Specialized synonyms: Blue Cat, Blue Catfish, Blue Channel Cat, Blue Channel Catfish
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ictalurus Punctatus
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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