Ictalurus furcatus

Ictalurus furcatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Siluriformes 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Kingdom: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Olfactores
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Otomorpha
Subcohors: Ostariophysi
Sectio: Otophysa
Ordo: Siluriformes

Familia: Ictaluridae
Genus: Ictalurus
Species:

Name

Synonymy

  • Pimelodus furcatus (Valenciennes, 1840)
  • Pimelodus affinis (Baird & Girard, 1854)
  • Amiurus meridionalis (Günther, 1864)
  • Amiurus pondersosus (Bean, 1880)

Vernacular names

  • English: Blue catfish
  • español: Bagre azul
  • magyar: Kék harcsa
  • polski: Sumik błękitny

References

"Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" Ferraris, Carl J. JR.

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