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Noturus
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Madtoms are freshwater catfishes (order Siluriformes) of the genus Noturus of the family Ictaluridae. It is the most species-rich genus of catfish in North America, native to the central and eastern United States, and adjacent parts of Canada. Their fin spines contain a mild venom with a sting comparable to that of a honey bee.
In the Vinony graph
Vinony's link graph records 43 inbound references to Noturus, and connects out to Animalia, Chordata and Wikidata.
Vinony files it under Fish of Canada, Fish of the Eastern United States and Freshwater fish of the United States.
Vinony links it to 14 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderSiluriformes
- FamilyIctaluridae
Habitatfreshwater
Observations recorded49,433
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 231
- With media
- 14
- Family
- Ictaluridae
- Collections
- ROM, TCWC, USNM, CUMV, JFBM, MMNS
- Recorded in
- Canada, United States
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Ictaluridae
- Image
- Noturus gyrinus.jpg
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- Commons category
- Noturus
- taxon name
- Noturus
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Noturus
- taxonomic type
- Noturus flavus
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Available in 14 languages
via Wikidata sitelinks · CC0
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