Channel Catfish

Ictalurus punctatus

About This Fish

The Channel Catfish is found across central and eastern North America, including the Mobile Basin, Tennessee, Cumberland river drainages. As the common name suggests, Channel Catfish live in channels of small to large rivers, as well as creeks and lakes. Catfishes get their name from whiskers (barbels) around their mouths that have taste buds which aid in finding food. Like all North American catfishes, they make nests and protect their eggs and young.

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Alabama (AL), Mississippi (MS), Georgia (GA), North Carolina (NC), Virginia (VA), Tennessee (TN), 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, Town – 03160102, Buttahatchee – 03160103, Tibbee – 03160104, 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, Sucarnoochee – 03160202, Lower Tombigbee – 03160203, Mobile Tensaw – 03160204, Mobile Bay – 03160205, Upper Cumberland – 05130101, Rockcastle – 05130102, 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, Stones – 05130203, Harpeth – 05130204, Lower Cumberland – 05130205, Red – 05130206, 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, Lower Little Tennessee – 06010204, Upper Clinch, Tennessee, Virginia – 06010205, Powell – 06010206, Lower Clinch – 06010207, Emory – 06010208, Middle Tennessee-Chickamauga – 06020001, Hiwassee – 06020002, Ocoee – 06020003, Sequatchie – 06020004, Guntersville Lake – 06030001, Wheeler Lake – 06030002, Upper Elk – 06030003, 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

Channel Catfish

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