Specimen ID | 38347 |
Group | Fishes |
Genus | Ictalurus |
Species | punctatus |
Common Name | Channel Catfish |
State | NM |
Locality | state non-specific |
Mapping Accuracy | Centroid |
Centroid Type | State |
Map | |
Collection Year | 1957 |
Year Accuracy | Publication Year |
Potential Pathway | stocked for sport | stocked for food |
Status | established |
Reference 1 |
Ref. Number: | 110 |
Author: | Koster, W.J. |
Date: | 1957 |
Title: | Guide to the Fishes of New Mexico. |
Publisher: | University of New Mexico Press Albuquerque, NM. |
Pages: | 116 pp |
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Comments | Two types of channel cats occur in NM: a small form, native to the Pecos, and a larger form native to the Canadian but which has been transplanted in all sections of the state, including west of the Continental Divide, where catfish are not native. |
Record Type | Literature |
Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |