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Superclass:
Osteichthyes
Class:
Teleostei
Order:
Siluriformes
Family:
Ictaluridae
Genus:
Ictalurus
Species:
punctatus
Common:
Channel catfish
Climates:
Tropical
Temperate
Subtropical
Boreal
Waters:
Freshwater
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Regions:
Africa - Inland Waters
Asia - Inland Waters
Europe - Inland Waters
North America - Inland Waters
South America - Inland Waters
Oceania - Inland Waters
Description
Sound Name: Unnamed
Citable References
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML116714)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML116713)
Anderson, K. A., Rountree, R. A., Juanes, F. 2008. Soniferous Fishes in the Hudson River. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, 137(2): 616-626.
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Species Identified
Sound Detected
Active
Passive Feeding
Other Passive
Morphophysiological
Auditory
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Albersheim-Carter, J., Blubaum, A., Ballagh, I. H., Missaghi, K., Siuda, E. R., McMurray, G., Bass, A. H., Dubuc, R., Kelley, D. B., Schmidt, M. F., Wilson, R. J. A., Gray, P. A. 2016. Testing the Evolutionary Conservation of Vocal Motoneurons in Vertebrates. Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology, 224: 2-10.
Fine, M. L., McElroy, D., Rafi, J., King, C. B., Loesser, K. E., Newton, S. 1996. Lateralization of Pectoral Stridulation Sound Production in the Channel Catfish. Physiology & Behavior, 60(3): 753-757.
Bosher, B. T., Newton, S. H., Fine, M. L. 2006. The Spines of the Channel Catfish, Ictalurus punctatus, as an Anti-Predator Adaptation: An Experimental Study. Ethology, 112(2): 188-195.
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.
Fine, M. L., Sismour, E. N., Newton, S. H., Bosher, B. T., Sullivan, A. D. H., Miano, J. P., Ghahramani, Z. N., Mohajer, Y. J., Nellis, S. C. 2011. A Primer on Functional Morphology and Behavioral Ecology of the Pectoral Spine of the Channel Catfish. American Fisheries Society Symposium, 77: 745-753.
Fine, M. L., Friel, J. P., McElroy, D., King, C. B., Loesser, K. E., Newton, S. 1997. Pectoral Spine Locking and Sound Production in the Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus. Copeia, 1997(4): 777-790.
Kaatz, I. M. 1999. The Behavioral and Morphological Diversity of Acoustic Communication Systems in a Clade of Tropical Catfishes (Pisces: Siluriformes). PhD Dissertation, State University of New York.
Kaatz, I. M., Stewart, D. J., Rice, A. N., Lobel, P. S. 2010. Differences in Pectoral Fin Spine Morphology between Vocal and Silent Clades of Catfishes (Order Siluriformes): Ecomorphological Implications. Current Zoology, 56(1): 73-89.
Quan, H., Yang, W., Tang, Z., Ritchie, R. O., Meyers, M. A. 2020. Active Defense Mechanisms of Thorny Catfish. Materials Today, 38: 35-48.
Anderson, K. A., Rountree, R., Juanes, F. 2005. Soniferous Fishes in Tidal Freshwater Tivoli Bay of the Hudson River. Final Reports of the Tilbot T. Polgar Fellowship Program (J. R. Waldman and W. C. Nieder, eds.). Hudson River Foundation.