Flathead Catfish

Pylodictis olivaris

About This Fish

The Flathead Catfish is widespread throughout central North America from Mexico to New York, including the Mobile Basin, Tennessee, and Cumberland river drainages. They live over a variety of substrate in main channels of small to large rivers and reservoirs. As the common name suggests, Flathead Catfish have a flattened head. Catfishes get their name from whiskers (barbels) around their mouth with taste buds that aid in finding food. Like all North American catfishes, they make nests and protect their eggs and young. They are one of the largest catfish in North America reaching over five feet in length!

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Pylodictis

Alabama (AL), Mississippi (MS), Tennessee (TN), Virginia (VA), North Carolina (NC), Georgia (GA), Kentucky (KY)

Conasauga – 03150101, Coosawattee – 03150102, Oostanaula – 03150103, Etowah – 03150104, Upper Coosa – 03150105, Middle Coosa – 03150106, Lower Coosa – 03150107, Upper Tallapoosa – 03150108, Middle Tallapoosa – 03150109, Lower Tallapoosa – 03150110, Upper Alabama – 03150201, Cahaba – 03150202, Middle Alabama – 03150203, Lower Alabama – 03150204, Upper Tombigbee – 03160101, Buttahatchee – 03160103, Luxapallila – 03160105, Middle Tombigbee-Lubbub – 03160106, Sipsey – 03160107, Noxubee – 03160108, Mulberry – 03160109, Sipsey Fork – 03160110, Locust – 03160111, Upper Black Warrior – 03160112, Lower Black Warrior – 03160113, Middle Tombigbee-Chickasaw – 03160201, Lower Tombigbee – 03160203, Mobile Tensaw – 03160204, Upper Cumberland – 05130101, Upper Cumberland-Lake Cumberland – 05130103, South Fork Cumberland – 05130104, Obey – 05130105, Upper Cumberland-Cordell Hull Reservior – 05130106, Caney – 05130108, Lower Cumberland-Old Hickory Lake – 05130201, Lower Cumberland-Sycamore – 05130202, Stones – 05130203, Harpeth – 05130204, Lower Cumberland – 05130205, North Fork Holston – 06010101, South Fork Holston – 06010102, Watauga, North Carolina, Tennessee – 06010103, Holston – 06010104, Upper French Board – 06010105, Pigeon – 06010106, Lower French Board – 06010107, Nolichucky – 06010108, Watts Bar Lake – 06010201, Upper Little Tennessee – 06010202, Tuckasegee – 06010203, Lower Little Tennessee – 06010204, Upper Clinch, Tennessee, Virginia – 06010205, Lower Clinch – 06010207, Emory – 06010208, Middle Tennessee-Chickamauga – 06020001, Hiwassee – 06020002, Ocoee – 06020003, Sequatchie – 06020004, Guntersville Lake – 06030001, Wheeler Lake – 06030002, Lower Elk – 06030004, Pickwick Lake – 06030005, Bear – 06030006, Lower Tennessee-Beech – 06040001, Upper Duck – 06040002, Lower Duck – 06040003, Buffalo – 06040004, Kentucky Lake – 06040005, Lower Tennessee – 06040006

Flathead Catfish

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