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Ictalurus punctatus
CHANNEL CATFISH
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Non-native
Abundance:	Unknown

Scientific Name with Authority:		Ictalurus punctatus (Rafinesque, 1818)
Park Preferred Common Name(s):		CHANNEL CATFISH
Park Synonyms:

Taxonomic Hierarchy:		Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Chordata, Subphylum Vertebrata, Order Siluriformes, Family Ictaluridae, Genus Ictalurus, Species Ictalurus punctatus


Seasonality Tags:
Breeder


Threatened/Endangered Status:		50
State Species of Concern Status:
Ozone-sensitive Status:
NatureServe Global Rank:		G5
NatureServe State Rank:		DC: SNA; MD: SNA; VA: S4; WV: S5
Evidence:		17 Observations, 0 Vouchers, 8 Data Store References, 0 External Links


Other Parks Where Species is Listed:
Amistad National Recreation Area	Anacostia Park
Arkansas Post National Memorial	Badlands National Park
Bandelier National Monument	Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site
Big Bend National Park	Big Cypress National Preserve
Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area	Big Thicket National Preserve
Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area	Blue Ridge Parkway
Booker T. Washington National Monument	Buffalo National River
Canyon De Chelly National Monument	Canyonlands National Park
Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area	Chickasaw National Recreation Area
Colonial National Historical Park	Congaree National Park
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area	Devils Tower National Monument
Dinosaur National Monument	Effigy Mounds National Monument
George Washington Birthplace National Monument	George Washington Memorial Parkway
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area	Golden Gate National Recreation Area
Grand Canyon National Park	Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Gulf Islands National Seashore	Homestead National Historical Park
Horseshoe Bend National Military Park	Hot Springs National Park
Indiana Dunes National Park	Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve
Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens	Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site
Lake Mead National Recreation Area	Lake Meredith National Recreation Area
Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument	Little River Canyon National Preserve
Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park	Mammoth Cave National Park
Manassas National Battlefield Park	Mississippi National River and Recreation Areas
Missouri National Recreational River	Monocacy National Battlefield
Natchez Trace Parkway	National Capital Parks-East
National Mall and Memorial Parks	New River Gorge National Park and Preserve
Ninety Six National Historic Site	Niobrara National Scenic River
Obed Wild and Scenic River	Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park
Ozark National Scenic Riverways	Pea Ridge National Military Park
Presidio of San Francisco	Rock Creek Park
Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway	San Antonio Missions National Historical Park
Scotts Bluff National Monument	Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Theodore Roosevelt National Park	Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve
Tuzigoot National Monument	Valley Forge National Historical Park
Washita Battlefield National Historic Site	Whiskeytown National Recreation Area
Wilson's Creek National Battlefield	Zion National Park


Last Modified Date:	9/6/2007

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 10/7/2025 2:41:57 PM

NatureServe Global Rank and State Rank

NatureServe. 2017. NatureServe Web Service. Arlington, VA. U.S.A. Available http://services.natureserve.org. Accessed: 12/4/2017. Updated quarterly.

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