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Pylodictis olivaris (Rafinesque, 1818)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Siluriformes
family
Ictaluridae
genus
Pylodictis
species
Pylodictis olivaris

Name

Synonyms
Ictalurus olivaris (Rafinesque, 1818)
Pimelodus aeneus Lesueur, 1819
Pimelodus lutescens Rafinesque, 1832
Pimelodus punctulatus Valenciennes, 1840
Pylodictis limosus Rafinesque, 1819
Pylodictus olivaris (Rafinesque, 1818)
Silurus cupreus Rafinesque, 1820
Silurus nebulosus Rafinesque, 1820
Silurus olivaris Rafinesque, 1818
Silurus viscosus Rafinesque, 1820
Homonyms
Pylodictis olivaris (Rafinesque, 1818)
Common names
Appaloosa Catfish in English
Fladhovedet dværgmalle in Danish
Flathead Catfish in English
Lipti in language.
Mississippi Cat in English
Mud Cat in English
Olīvu pilodiktis in Latvian
Pied Cat in English
Puyón in Spanish
Shovel-Nose in English
Shovelhead in English
Shovelhead Catfish in English
Yellow Cat in English
bagre piltonte in Spanish
bagre piltonte in Spanish
bagre piltonte in Spanish
barbue à tête plate in French
barbue à tête plate in French
flathead catfish in English
flathead catfish in English
mud cat in language.
opelousas in language.
shovelhead cat in language.
sum płaskogłowy in Polish
sumeček plochohlavý in Czech
yellow cat in language.
Оливковый сомик in Russian
鏟鮰 in Chinese
Flathead Catfish in English
bagre piltonte in Spanish
flathead catfish in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Eschmeyer, William N., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905.
  2. Ferraris, Carl J., Jr., 2007: Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa, vol. 1418. 1-628.
  3. Froese & Pauli (2023) Fishbase
  4. Froese & Pauli (2023) Fishbase
  5. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  6. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
  7. Murdy, Edward O., Ray S. Birdsong, and John A. Musick, 1997: null. Fishes of Chesapeake Bay. xi + 324.
  8. Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, et al., eds., 2004: Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Sixth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 29. ix + 386.
  9. Page, L. M., H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, R. N. Lea, N. E. Mandrak, et al., eds., 2013: Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Seventh Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 34. ix + 384.
  10. Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al., 1980: A List of Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, Fourth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 12. 174.
  11. Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al., 1991: Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, Fifth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 20. 183.
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