| 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 |