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SpeciesSiluriformesIctaluridae
Fish

🐟Blue catfish

Ictalurus furcatus (Valenciennes, 1840)

Sumeček velký (Ictalurus furcatus) je významný severoamerický až středoamerický zástupce řádu sumců, čeledi sumečkovitých. S délkou přes 1,5 m patří mezi největší sladkovodní ryby Severní Ameriky. Žije spíše skrytým životem při dně rozsáhlých toků (ohniskem jeho rozšíření je povodí řeky Mississippi), má sklon migrovat kvůli rozmnožování směrem k hornímu toku řek. Vzhledem k tomu, že jde o rybu s rekreačním (sportovní rybolov) i hospodářským významem, je uměle vysazován i v dalších oblastech. Místy se pak může stávat problematickým invazním druhem, zejména v důsledku predačního tlaku na menší druhy ryb.

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Conservation status
LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2013.

Population trendStable
Key measurements
Body mass
37 kg
Body length
1.65 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
21 years
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Facts and figures

Everything we know about the Blue catfish

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Body mass
37 kgrecord 68 kg · FishBase
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data quality: acceptable

Record: largest individual on record

Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0

Body length
1.65 mmaximum recorded
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Source: FishBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0

Maximum lifespan
21 yearsrecord 21 years · FishBase
AnAge
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data quality: acceptable

Record: largest individual on record

Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0

Trophic level
3.41
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Source: FishBase · v25.04, estimate table · CC BY-NC 4.0

Diet
carnivoreaverage
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From trophic level 3.41 (FishBase): <2.2 herbivore, 2.2–2.8 omnivore, >2.8 carnivore.

Danger to humans
harmless
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Source: FishBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0

Volume l
38 Laverage
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for Blue catfish yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.

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Family tree

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderSiluriformes
  4. ›familyIctaluridae
  5. ›genusIctalurus
  6. ›speciesIctalurus furcatus
Full lineage
  1. superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
  2. suborderSiluroidei
  3. familyIctaluridae
  4. genusIctalurus
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
  7. classActinopteri
  8. subclassNeopterygii
  9. superorderCharaciphysae
  10. orderSiluriformes
  11. suborderSiluroidei
  12. familyIctaluridae
  13. genusIctalurus
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שפמנון כחול (he), Poisson-chat bleu (fr), Ictalurus furcatus (nl), 长鳍真𫚔 (zh), Ictalurus furcatus (ca), Blauer Katzenwels (de) … and 15 more languages
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