Ictalurus balsanus
| Ictalurus balsanus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Ictaluridae |
| Genus: | Ictalurus |
| Species: | I. balsanus
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| Binomial name | |
| Ictalurus balsanus (Jordan & Snyder, 1899)[1]
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| Synonyms | |
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Istlarius balsanus (Jordan & Snyder, 1899), Istlarius balsanus occidentalis (de Buen, 1946)[2] | |
Ictalurus balsanus (the Balsas catfish) is found in the Rio Balsas drainage, which it is named after.[3][4][5] The Balsas catfish is at threat from the introduced Channel catfish.[6] The first measurements taking of Ictalurus balsanus showed that the catfish is between 10 and 60 centimeters.[7]
References[edit]
- ^ "Ictalurus balsanus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
- ^ Ferraris, Carl J. JR. "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Retrieved June 19, 2023.
- ^ "Balsas Catfish". Ichthyology. Archived from the original on 2022-12-09. Retrieved 2023-06-13.
- ^ "Balsas catfish - Encyclopedia of Life". eol.org. Archived from the original on 2022-04-10. Retrieved 2023-06-13.
- ^ "CAS Ichthyology Type Imagebase". researcharchive.calacademy.org. Retrieved 2023-06-13.
- ^ Mejía Mojica, Humberto; Paredes Lira, Mara Erika; Beltrán López, Rosa Gabriela (December 2013). "Scielo". Hidrobiológica. 23 (3): 456–459. ISSN 0188-8897.
- ^ United States Fish Commission.; Commission, United States Fish (1899). Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission. Vol. 19. Washington: The Commission, Govt. Print. Off.
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