Overview
Family : North American freshwater catfishes;
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Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in Chinese:
墨西哥真鮰
Common Names in Danish:
Mexikansk Dv, Mexikansk dværgmalle
Common Names in English:
Bagre de Rio Verde, Bagre De Yaqui, Rio Skate, Rio Verde catfish
Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:
墨西哥真鮰
Common Names in Spanish:
Bagre de Rio Verde, bagre del Verde
Description
Habitat
Biome: Freshwater [1].
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Class:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
()
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
()
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
()
- Order:
Siluriformes
()
- Family:
Ictaluridae
()
- Genus:
Ictalurus
()
- Rafinesque, 1820
- Specific name:
mexicanus
- Scientific name: - Ictalurus mexicanus (Meek, 1904)
- Specific name:
mexicanus
- Genus:
Ictalurus
(
- Family:
Ictaluridae
(
- Order:
Siluriformes
(
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
(
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
(
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
(
- Class:
Osteichthyes
(
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Amiurus mexicanus • Amiurus mexicanus Meek • Amiurus mexicanus Meek, 1904 • Ictalurus mexicanus
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: Data
last modified by FishBase 07-Jun-1996
Similar Species
Members of the genus Ictalurus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 16 species and subspecies in this genus:
I. australis (Bagre Del Panuco) · I. balsanus (Bagre De Yaqui) · I. catus (White Bullhead) · I. dugesi (Lerma Catfish) · I. dugesii (Lerma Catfish) · I. furcatus (Blue Catfish) · I. lupus (Headwater Catfish) · I. melas (Black Bullhead) · I. meriodionalis (Gorgonian Tonguefish) · I. mexicanus (Bagre De Rio Verde) · I. natalis (Yellow Bullhead) · I. nebulosus (Brown Bullhead) · I. ochoterenai (Chapala Catfish) · I. platycephalus (Great Lakes Longear) · I. pricei (Bagre De Yaqui) · I. punctatus (Graceful Catfish)
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Further Reading
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
- Contreras-Balderas, S. & Almada-Villela, P. 1996. Ictalurus mexicanus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 01February2012.
- Contreras-Balderas, S. and Almada-Villela, P. 1996. Ictalurus mexicanus. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 20 October 2006.
- FishBase 2006.
- FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 01, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
- Westneat, Mark (from FishBase).
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 01, 2008:
- UNIBIO, IBUNAM: CNPE/Coleccion Nacional de Peces
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 129633
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-46976
- Fishbase Species ID: 6186
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 681491
- IUCN ID: 216007
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 6087
Footnotes
- Contreras-Balderas, S. & Almada-Villela, P. 1996. Ictalurus mexicanus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 01 February 2012. [back]
