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Ictalurus balsanus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Ictaluridae
Genus:	Ictalurus
Species:	I. balsanus
Binomial name
Ictalurus balsanus (Jordan & Snyder, 1899)
Synonyms
Istlarius balsanus (Jordan & Snyder, 1899), Istlarius balsanus occidentalis (de Buen, 1946)

Ictalurus balsanus (the Balsas catfish) is found in the Rio Balsas drainage, which it is named after. The Balsas catfish is at threat from the introduced Channel catfish. The first measurements taking of Ictalurus balsanus showed that the catfish is between 10 and 60 centimeters.

References

1. "Ictalurus balsanus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
2. Ferraris, Carl J. JR. "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Retrieved June 19, 2023.
3. "Balsas Catfish". Ichthyology. Archived from the original on 2022-12-09. Retrieved 2023-06-13.
4. "Balsas catfish - Encyclopedia of Life". eol.org. Archived from the original on 2022-04-10. Retrieved 2023-06-13.
5. "CAS Ichthyology Type Imagebase". researcharchive.calacademy.org. Retrieved 2023-06-13.
6. Mejía Mojica, Humberto; Paredes Lira, Mara Erika; Beltrán López, Rosa Gabriela (December 2013). "Scielo". Hidrobiológica. 23 (3): 456–459. ISSN 0188-8897.
7. United States Fish Commission.; Commission, United States Fish (1899). Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission. Vol. 19. Washington: The Commission, Govt. Print. Off.

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