Noturus stigmosus

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• Description
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• Notes

Overview

Family : North American freshwater catfishes; Inhabits mixed sand and rock riffles and runs with debris in small to large, often swift rivers .

Endangered

Common Names

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Description

Family Ictaluridae

Distribution: North America from southern Canada to Guatemala. Head with eight barbels : 2 nasal , 2 maxillary and 4 chin. Scaleless . A spine on anterior edge of dorsal (except in Pritella) and pectoral fins. Dorsal soft rays usually 6. No palatine teeth . About 1.6 m maximum length attained in Ictalurus furcatus and Pylodictis olivaris. Three unrelated eyeless species are known from deep wells.The family Ictaluridae belongs to the Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes ) and the Order Siluriformes. It contains 7 genera and 45 species. It may be found in Freshwater environments and is primarily Primary freshwater. Some members of this family are used in the aquarium trade. Reproductively, most members of this family are guarders . The main mode of swimming of adult fish in this family is subcarangiform. Compared with other fish, the activity level of this family tends to be normal. This family may be found from 54° n to 16° s and 120° w to 62° e. Etymology of this family name : Greek, ichthys = fish + Greek, ailouros = cat; a cat fish

Habitat

Biome: Fresh water . Demersal .

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Similar Species

Members of the genus Noturus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 47 species and subspecies in this genus:

N. albater (Ozark Madtom) · N. baileyi (Smoky Madtom) · N. crypticus (Chucky Madtom) · N. elassochir · N. elegans (Elegant Madtom) · N. elegans taylor · N. eleutherus (Mountain Madtom) · N. exilis (Slender Madtom) · N. fasciatus (Saddled Madtom) · N. flavater (Checkered Madtom) · N. flavipinnis (Yellowfin Grouper) · N. flavus (Stonecat) · N. funebris (Black Mackerel) · N. furiosus (Carolina Madtom) · N. gilberti (Orangefin Characin) · N. gladiator · N. gyrinus (Tadpole Liparid) · N. hildebrandi (Least Madtom) · N. hildebrandi hildebrandi (Least Madtom) · N. hildebrandi lautus (Least Madtom) · N. insignis (Margined Madtom) · N. insignis atrorus (Margined Madtom) · N. insignis insignis (Margined Madtom) · N. insignus · N. lachneri (Ouachita Madtom) · N. leptacanthus (Speckled Madtom) · N. luteus · N. lutrensis · N. marginatus · N. marginatus marginatus · N. maydeni (Black River Madtom) · N. miurus (Brindled Madtom) · N. mollis · N. munitus (Freckeled Cardinalfish) · N. nocturnus (Freckled Madtom) · N. none listed · N. occidentalis · N. phaeus (Brown Madtom) · N. placidus (Neosho Madtom) · N. platycephalus · N. procne · N. sialis · N. sp · N. stanauli (Pygmy Madtom) · N. stigmosus (Northern Mackerel-Scad) · N. taylori (Caddo Madtom) · N. trautmani (Scioto Madtom)

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Further Reading

• Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes 2003. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada.
• Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. ENG url p. 129, p. 131, p. 141, p. 155, p. 159, p. 165, p. 166, p. 167, p. 168, p. 173, p. 174, p. 178, p. 179, p. 180, p. 185, p. 187, p. 200, p. 201, p. 22, p. 27, p. 28, p. 30.
• Eschmeyer, William N., ed. 1998. Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco, California, USA. 2905. ISBN: 0-940228-47-5.
• Occasional papers of the Museum of Natural History, the University of Kansas. Lawrence, Kansas: The University, 1971-1994. ENG url p. 25.
• Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr (1991). A field guide to freshwater fishes of North America north of Mexico. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston. 432 p.
• Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al. 1980. A List of Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, Fourth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 12. American Fisheries Society. Bethesda, Maryland, USA. 174.
• Tulane studies in zoology and botany. New Orleans: Tulane University, [1968- ENG url p. 49.

Notes

Contributors

• American Fisheries Society. Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United states, Canada, and Mexico Sixth Edition. Special Publication 29.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 4, 2006.
• FishBase
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 01, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 5 providers.
• Heemstra, Phillip C. (from FishBase).
• NatureServe. 2003. Downloadable animal data sets. NatureServe Central Databases. Accessed February 6, 2005.
• Species At Risk Act Public Registry, Government of Canada

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 01, 2008:

• Canadian Museum of Nature: Canadian Museum of Nature Fish Collection
• FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Canadian Museum of Nature - Fish Collection (OBIS Canada)
• Royal Ontario Museum: Fish specimens
• University of Kansas Biodiversity Research Center: Fish Collection
• University of Minnesota Bell Museum of Natural History: Fish specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2497699
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-30422
• Fishbase Species ID: 3048
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 164025
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: AFCKA02220
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 15752

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