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Ictaluridae (catfish)

Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Ictaluridae

Taxonomy
Ictaluridae was named by Gill (1861). It is extant.

It was assigned to Siluroidea by Estes and Tihen (1964); to Osteichthyes by Wilson (1967); to Siluroidei by Betancur et al. (2013); and to Siluriformes by Carnevale and Godfrey (2018).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1861Ictaluridae Gill
1964Ictaluridae Estes and Tihen p. 455
1967Ictaluridae Wilson p. 202
2013Ictaluridae Betancur et al.
2018Ictaluridae Carnevale and Godfrey p. 167

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
Teleosteomorpha
RankNameAuthor
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
Osteoglossocephalai
ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
Otomorpha
Ostariophysi(Jordan and Evermann 1896)
Otophysa
superorderCharaciphysae
orderSiluriformes
suborderSiluroidei
familyIctaluridaeGill 1861
familyIctaluridaeGill 1861

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. Ictaluridae Gill 1861 [catfish]
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G. †Astephus Cope 1873
G. Ictalurus Rafinesque 1820
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Subg. Ictalurus (Amiurus) Rafinesque 1820
Ictalurus countermani Lundberg and Luckenbill 2012
Ictalurus punctatus Rafinesque 1818
Ictalurus spodius Smith 1987
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available