catus, Silurus Linnaeus [C.] 1758:305 [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] "Northern part of North America". No types known. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:204 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Ictalurus catus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Lee et al. 1980:438 [ref. 22416], Smith 1986:78 [ref. 22186], Robison & Buchanan 1988:291 [ref. 23393], Burgess 1989:35 [ref. 12860], La Rivers 1994:485 [ref. 23389]). •Valid as Ameiurus catus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Herrera 1896:18 [ref. 39336] with genus as Amiurus, Page & Burr 1991:193 [ref. 18983], Boschung 1992:64 [ref. 23239], Etnier & Starnes 1993:299 [ref. 22809], Jenkins & Burkhead 1994:538 [ref. 21581], Stauffer et al. 1995:204 [ref. 23376], Mettee et al. 1996:379 [ref. 25836], Murdy et al. 1997:91 [ref. 23144], Gilbert 1998:210 [ref. 23395], Fuller et al. 1999:195 [ref. 25838], Ross et al. 2001:303 [ref. 25978], Moyle 2002:214 [ref. 26449], Hardman & Page 2003:21 [ref. 26687], Nelson et al. 2004:81 [ref. 27807], Boschung & Mayden 2004:328 [ref. 27995], Ferraris 2007:204 [ref. 29155], Page & Burr 2011:344 [ref. 31215], Page et al. 2013:83 [ref. 32708], Robins et al. 2018:157 [ref. 35886], Rodríguez-Barrera et al. 2020:45 [ref. 37800], Jamandre 2023:175 [ref. 40455], Page et al. 2023:78 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Ameiurus catus (Linnaeus 1758). Ictaluridae. Distribution: Eastern North America. Widely introduced elsewhere. Habitat: freshwater.