meridionalis, Amiurus Günther [A.] 1864:102 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 5; ref. 1974] Río Usumacinta, Guatemala. Syntypes: BMNH 1865.4.29.38 (1), BMNH 1865.4.29.41-42 (2). Type catalog: Gilbert 1998:220 [ref. 23395], Ferraris 2007:237 [ref. 29155]. Apparently not treated in Reis et al. 2003 [ref. 27061]. •Synonym of Ictalurus furcatus (Valenciennes 1840) -- (Burgess 1989:35 [ref. 12860], Ferraris 2007:208 [ref. 29155]). •Tentatively valid as Ictalurus meridionalis (Günther 1864) -- (Gilbert 1998:220 [ref. 23395], Pérez-Rodríguez et al. 2023:11 [ref. 40420]). •Valid as Ictalurus meridionalis (Günther 1864) -- (Rodiles-Hernández et al. 2010:68 [ref. 31022], Page et al. 2013:83 [ref. 32708], López-Segovia et al. 2020:110 [ref. 38151], Barrientos et al. 2023:272 [ref. 41235], Page et al. 2023:79 [ref. 40505], Quintana 2024:6 [ref. 41186]). Current status: Valid as Ictalurus meridionalis (Günther 1864). Ictaluridae. Distribution: Southern North America, Central America: Belize, Guatemala and Mexico. Habitat: freshwater.