Balsas Catfish
Ictalurus balsanus (Jordan & Snyder, 1899)
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
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.
Wikipedia contributors, Ictalurus balsanus; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T04:09:45.754175+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Ictalurus balsanus (Jordan & Snyder, 1899)
- Name authority
- (Jordan & Snyder, 1899)
- Common name
- Balsas Catfish
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Siluriformes
- Family
- Ictaluridae
- Genus
- Ictalurus
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderSiluriformes
- familyIctaluridae Gill, 1861
- genusIctalurus Rafinesque, 1820
- speciesIctalurus balsanus (Jordan & Snyder, 1899)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Ictalurus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| blue catfishIctalurus furcatus (Valenciennes, 1840) | IctaluridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Río Verde CatfishIctalurus mexicanus (Meek, 1904) | IctaluridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Yaqui CatfishIctalurus pricei (Rutter, 1896) | IctaluridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ictalurus nazas Avila-Treviño, Cardoza-Martínez, Alonzo-Rojo & Pérez-Rodríguez, 2025 | IctaluridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ictalurus australis (Meek, 1904) | IctaluridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Headwater CatfishIctalurus lupus (Girard, 1858) | IctaluridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ictalurus meridionalis (Günther, 1864) | IctaluridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chapala CatfishIctalurus ochoterenai (de Buen, 1946) | IctaluridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| channel catfishIctalurus punctatus (Rafinesque, 1818) | IctaluridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Istlarius balsanus Jordan & Snyder, 1899 Jordan & Snyder, 1899 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1448887 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3PB7Q. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.