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Superclass:
Osteichthyes
Class:
Teleostei
Order:
Siluriformes
Family:
Ictaluridae
Genus:
Ictalurus
Species:
furcatus
Common:
Blue catfish
Climates:
Tropical
Temperate
Subtropical
Boreal
Waters:
Freshwater
Brackish water
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Regions:
North America - Inland Waters
Lahiri, S., Fine, M. L. 2015. Explosive Development of Pectoral Muscle Fibres in Large Juvenile Blue Catfish Ictalurus furcatus. Journal of Fish Biology, 87(5): 1209-1218.
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Species Identified
Sound Detected
Active
Passive Feeding
Other Passive
Morphophysiological
Auditory
Visual
Morgan, L. D., Fine, M. L. 2019. Agonistic behavior in juvenile blue catfish Ictalurus furcatus. Journal of Ethology, 38(1): 29-40.
Miano, J. P., Loesser-Casey, K. E., Fine, M. L. 2013. Description and Scaling of Pectoral Muscles in Ictalurid Catfishes. Journal of Morphology, 274(4): 467-477.
Ghahramani, Z. N., Mohajer, Y., Fine, M. L. 2014. Developmental Variation in Sound Production in Water and Air in the Blue Catfish Ictalurus furcatus. Journal of Experimental Biology, 217(23): 4244-4251.
Mohajer, Y., Ghahramani, Z., Fine, M. L. 2015. Pectoral Sound Generation in the Blue Catfish Ictalurus furcatus. Journal of Comparative Physiology A, 201(3): 305-315.