punctatus, Silurus Rafinesque [C. S.] 1818:355 [American Monthly Magazine and Critical Review v. 3 (no. 5) (art. 3) (Sept.); ref. 3586] Ohio River, U.S.A. No types known. Type catalog: Gilbert 1998:225 [ref. 23395], Ferraris 2007:209 [ref. 29155] •Valid as Ictalurus punctatus (Rafinesque 1818) -- (Lee et al. 1980:446 [ref. 22416], Smith 1986:83 [ref. 22186], Kelsch & Hendricks 1986:646 [ref. 22485], Robison & Buchanan 1988:297 [ref. 23393], Burgess 1989:35 [ref. 12860], McAllister 1990:68 [ref. 14674], Tomelleri & Eberle 1990:120 [ref. 24089], Page & Burr 1991:191 [ref. 18983], Boschung 1992:65 [ref. 23239], Espinosa Pérez et al. 1993:27 [ref. 22290], Etnier & Starnes 1993:306 [ref. 22809], La Rivers 1994:481 [ref. 23389], Jenkins & Burkhead 1994:535 [ref. 21581], Warren et al. 1994:132 [ref. 25557], Knight & Hastings 1994:149 [ref. 25560], Baxter & Stone 1995:146 [ref. 23374], Stauffer et al. 1995:213 [ref. 23376], Cross & Collins 1995:149 [ref. 23394], Mettee et al. 1996:391 [ref. 25836], Murdy et al. 1997:92 [ref. 23144], Kim 1997:513 [ref. 24032], Reshetnikov et al. 1997:745 [ref. 24702], Sigler & Sigler 1996:156 [ref. 25943], Gilbert 1998:225 [ref. 23395], Naseka 1998:106 [ref. 23590], Scott & Crossman 1998:604 [ref. 24570], Fuller et al. 1999:201 [ref. 25838], Dyer 2000:89 [ref. 26678], Lyons et al. 2000:36 [ref. 26594], Gabrielyan 2001:28 [ref. 25867], Ross et al. 2001:312 [ref. 25978], Kim & Park 2002:251 [ref. 25913] as puntatus, Bianco & Ketmaier 2001:201 [ref. 26728], Choi et al. 2003:184, 522 [ref. 26218], Moyle 2002:216 [ref. 26449], Wydoski & Whitney 2003:158 [ref. 27816], Hanel 2003:56 [ref. 27894], Nelson et al. 2004:81 [ref. 27807], Bailey et al. 2004:130 [ref. 27882], Boschung & Mayden 2004:335 [ref. 27995], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:117 [ref. 28183], Vassilev & Pehlivanov 2005:173 [ref. 28369], Mundy 2005:153 [ref. 28379], Miller 2006:164 [ref. 28615], Scharpf 2006:16 [ref. 30386], Ferraris 2007:209 [ref. 29155], Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:338 [ref. 29996], Minckley & Marsh 2009:224 [ref. 31114], Matamoros et al. 2009:10 [ref. 31241], Rodiles-Hernández et al. 2010:67 [ref. 31022], Page & Burr 2011:342 [ref. 31215], Page et al. 2013:84 [ref. 32708], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:27 [ref. 33341], Parin et al. 2014:104 [ref. 33547], Zhang et al. 2016:211 [ref. 34477], Bertaco et al. 2016:435 [ref. 34561], Semenchenko et al. 2016:186 [ref. 34974], Robins et al. 2018:165 [ref. 35886], Ćaleta et al. 2019:174 [ref. 37026], Lorenzoni et al. 2019:253 [ref. 37108], Zhang et al. 2019:496 [ref. 36699], Dyldin et al. 2020:99 [ref. 37569], dos Reis et al. 2020:466 [ref. 38364], Rodríguez-Barrera et al. 2020:45 [ref. 37800], Fu et al. 2021:9572 [ref. 39347], Gutiérrez-Barragán et al. 2021:[1] [ref. 38635], Çiçek et al. 2022:4 [ref. 38985], Kubicek 2022:665 [ref. 39474], Mamilov et al. 2022:101 [84] [ref. 40404], Bertaco & Azevedo 2023:3 [ref. 39997], Bagley et al. 2023:316 [ref. 41241], Bertaco et al. 2023:8 [ref. 40740], Jamandre 2023:175 [ref. 40455], Page et al. 2023:79 [ref. 40505], Pérez-Rodríguez et al. 2023:9 [ref. 40420], Dyldin et al. 2024:905 [ref. 41701], Fricke et al. 2024:198 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Valid as Ictalurus punctatus (Rafinesque 1818). Ictaluridae. Distribution: Eastern North America: southern Canada and northern U.S.A. south to Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas and Veracruz (northeastern Mexico). Widely introduced elsewhere, including other parts of Mexico. Hybridizes with Ictalurus pricei (Rutter, 1896). Habitat: freshwater.