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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
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
RankNameAuthor
Teleosteomorpha
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
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwatero
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:43:11
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:34:22
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Danian to the top of the Holocene or 66.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 61.6 Ma

Collections (46 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.6Bolivia (Mizque) Ictaluridae indet. (13501)
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Wyoming) Astephus sp. (182921)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Pakistan Ictaluridae indet. (93595)
Early/Lower Uintan46.2 - 40.4USA (Colorado) Astephus sp. (16623)
Duchesnean40.4 - 37.2USA (Utah) Ictaluridae indet. (16877)
Monroecreekian26.3 - 24.8USA (South Dakota) Ictalurus sp. (67636)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44USA (Texas) Ictalurus punctatus (18663)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Texas) Ictaluridae indet. (75945)
Barstovian15.97 - 13.6USA (Nebraska) Ictaluridae indet. (27481) Ictalurus indet. (18102 18206 18208) Ictalurus lambda, Ictalurus echinatus, Ictalurus leidyi, Ictalurus punctatus (18284) Ictalurus sp. (18031 18165 18223 18442)
Barstovian15.97 - 13.6USA (South Dakota) Ictaluridae indet. (174577 174579) Ictalurus sp. (18455)
Clarendonian13.6 - 10.3USA (Texas) Ameiurus sp. (18640) Ictalurus lambda (18623)
Clarendonian13.6 - 10.3USA (Kansas) Ictalurus lambda (18449) Ictalurus lambda, Ictalurus sp. (18450)
Late/Upper Clarendonian13.6 - 10.3USA (Florida) Ictalurus catus (18554)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246USA (Maryland) Ictalurus sp. (135808)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Arizona) Ictalurus sp. (19622)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Florida) Ictalurus sp. (19764)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8Mexico (Hidalgo) Ictalurus spodius (18753)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (West Virginia) Ictalurus sp. (124319)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Kansas) Ictalurus melas (20293) Ictalurus melas, Ictalurus punctatus (20165) Ictalurus punctatus (20427)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Florida) Ictalurus sp. (20400)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (South Dakota) Ictalurus sp. (20389)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Florida) Ictaluridae indet. (20440)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012Mexico (Sonora) Ictaluridae indet. (20495)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Ictaluridae indet. (103991 124089)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.126 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Ictalurus punctatus (93103) Ictalurus sp. (74470)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.126 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Ictalurus sp. (154921)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Michigan) Ictalurus punctatus (200485)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Quebec) Ictalurus nebulosus, Ictaluridae indet., Ictalurus punctatus (224189)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Georgia) Ictalurus sp. (152113)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Florida) Ictalurus sp. (227371)