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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
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.
Morgan, L. D., Fine, M. L. 2019. Agonistic behavior in juvenile blue catfish Ictalurus furcatus. Journal of Ethology, 38(1): 29-40.