natalis, Pimelodus Lesueur [C. A.] 1819:154 [Mémoires du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris v. 5; ref. 12573] Uncertain locality. No types known. Type catalog: Gilbert 1998:221 [ref. 23395], Ferraris 2007:205 [ref. 29155]. Placed on Official List in Opinion 1584. •Valid as Ictalurus natalis (Lesueur 1819) -- (Lee et al. 1980:442 [ref. 22416], Smith 1986:81 [ref. 22186], Robison & Buchanan 1988:295 [ref. 23393], Burgess 1989:35 [ref. 12860], McAllister 1990:68 [ref. 14674], Tomelleri & Eberle 1990:118 [ref. 24089], Scott & Crossman 1998:595 [ref. 24570]). •Valid as Ameiurus natalis (Lesueur 1819) -- (Page & Burr 1991:193 [ref. 18983], Boschung 1992:64 [ref. 23239], Etnier & Starnes 1993:301 [ref. 22809], Jenkins & Burkhead 1994:545 [ref. 21581], Warren et al. 1994:132 [ref. 25557], Knight & Hastings 1994:149 [ref. 25560], Stauffer et al. 1995:208 [ref. 23376], Cross & Collins 1995:143 [ref. 23394], Ruiz-Campos 1995:80 [ref. 24462], Mettee et al. 1996:383 [ref. 25836], Murdy et al. 1997:94 [ref. 23144], Sigler & Sigler 1996:153 [ref. 25943], Gilbert 1998:221 [ref. 23395], Fuller et al. 1999:197 [ref. 25838], Lyons et al. 2000:35 [ref. 26594], Ross et al. 2001:306 [ref. 25978], Moyle 2002:212 [ref. 26449], Hardman & Page 2003:21 [ref. 26687], Wydoski & Whitney 2003:155 [ref. 27816], Nelson et al. 2004:81 [ref. 27807], Bailey et al. 2004:128 [ref. 27882], Miller & Robison 2004:226 [ref. 27931], Boschung & Mayden 2004:330 [ref. 27995], Scharpf 2006:14 [ref. 30386], Ferraris 2007:205 [ref. 29155], McPhail 2007:200 [ref. 31199], Minckley & Marsh 2009:221 [ref. 31114], Page & Burr 2011:345 [ref. 31215], Page et al. 2013:83 [ref. 32708], Robins et al. 2018:158 [ref. 35886], Lorenzoni et al. 2019:253 [ref. 37108], Scharpf 2020:11 [ref. 37578], Page et al. 2023:78 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Ameiurus natalis (Lesueur 1819). Ictaluridae. Distribution: North America: southern Canada, central and eastern U.S.A. Introduced into other areas of eastern and western North America; also Italy. Habitat: freshwater.