Specimen Information

Ictalurus punctatus
Ictalurus punctatus
(Channel Catfish)
Fishes
Native Transplant

Specimen ID28902
GroupFishes
GenusIctalurus
Speciespunctatus
Common NameChannel Catfish
StateCA
LocalitySacramento drainage
Mapping AccuracyCentroid
Centroid Type 
HUC8 NameUpper Sacramento
HUC8 Number18020000
Map
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Collection Year1940
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwaystocked for sport | stocked for food
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:217
Author:Moyle, P.B.
Date:1976
Title:Inland fishes of California.
Publisher:University of California Press Berkeley, CA.
Pages:405 pp
CommentsIntroduced many times successfully betweeen 1874 and the 1940's.
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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