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Ictaluridae (North American freshwater catfishes)
Etymology: Noturus: Greek, noton = back + Greek, oura = tail; refred to the position of the tail over the back (Ref. 45335); eleutherus: eleutherus meaning free, referring to the incomplete fusion of the posterior portion of the adipose fin to the body (Ref. 10294).
More on author: Jordan.
Environnement : milieu / zone climatique / profondeur / gamme de distribution
Écologie
; eau douce démersal; non migrateur (Ref. 126106). Temperate; 42°N - 33°N
North America: Ohio River basin from northwestern Pennsylvania to eastern Illinois, and south to Tennessee and northern Georgia in the USA; White and St. Francis River drainages in Missouri and Arkansas, USA; Mississippi River in western Tennessee, USA; Ouachita River and Red River drainages in the USA.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturité: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 13.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 5723); common length : 4.4 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 12193); âge max. reporté: 5 années (Ref. 12193)
Adults inhabit clean rocky riffles, shoals and runs of small to large rivers. Often found near vegetation (Ref. 5723, 10294). They feed on larvae of aquatic insects, dominated by mayflies (Ref. 10294).
Cycle de vie et comportement reproducteur
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 1991. A field guide to freshwater fishes of North America north of Mexico. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston. 432 p. (Ref. 5723)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
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Estimations basées sur des modèles
Indice de diversité phylogénétique (Réf. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.00589 (0.00252 - 0.01376), b=3.07 (2.87 - 3.27), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Niveau trophique (Réf. 69278) |
3.3 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Résilience (Réf. 120179) |
Milieu, temps minimum de doublement de population : 1,4 à 4,4 années (tmax=5). |
Vulnérabilité de la pêche (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (20 of 100). 🛈 |