Channel Catfish

Ictalurus punctatus

Summary 2

Channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) is North America's most numerous catfish species. It is the official fish of Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, and Tennessee, and is informally referred to as a "channel cat". In the United States, they are the most fished catfish species with approximately 8 million anglers targeting them per year. The popularity of channel catfish for food has contributed to the rapid expansion of aquaculture of this species in the United States.

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  2. (c) Wikipedia, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-SA), https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ictalurus_punctatus

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