Ictalurus lupus
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| Species: | I. lupus
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| Ictalurus lupus (Girard, 1858)
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Ictalurus lupus (the bagre lobo or headwater catfish) is a species of catfish in the family Ictaluridae. It resembles the closely related channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus), but is smaller, lacks spots, and has a caudal fin with a shallower fork and grows to a length of 48 centimetres (19 in) TL. It is found in Northeastern Mexico and the Southwestern United States.
Source
- Gimenez Dixon, M. 1996. Ictalurus lupus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded 04 August 2007.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Ictalurus lupus". FishBase. December 2011 version.
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