Ictalurus (subgenus of Pimelodus) Rafinesque [C. S.] 1820:355 Masc. Silurus cerulescens Rafinesque 1820. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Gill 1861:49 [ref. 12585] as P. coerulescens -- not punctatus (not an included species) or maculatus. Also in Rafinesque 1820:61 (Dec.) [ref. 3592]. Unjustified emendations are Ichthaelurus by Cope 1868:237 [ref. 909] and Ichthyaelurus by Meek 1904:10 [ref. 2958]. •Valid as Ictalurus Rafinesque 1820 -- (Burgess 1989:35 [ref. 12860], Jenkins & Burkhead 1994:533 [ref. 21581], Gilbert 1998:22 [ref. 23395], Naseka 1998:106 [ref. 23590], Dyer 2000:89 [ref. 26678], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:117 [ref. 28183], Scharpf 2006:15 [ref. 30386], Ferraris 2007:207 [ref. 29155], Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:336 [ref. 29996], Rodiles-Hernández et al. 2010:67 [ref. 31022], Parin et al. 2014:104 [ref. 33547], Zhang et al. 2016:211 [ref. 34477], Pérez-Rodríguez et al. 2023:9 [ref. 40420]). Current status: Valid as Ictalurus Rafinesque 1820. Ictaluridae.