name: Channel Catfish

flavor_db_name_variants: channel catfish

source: foodb

status: draft

food_db_id: Channel catfish

id: 324

name_scientific: Ictalurus punctatus

description: Channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus, is North America's most numerous catfish species. It is the official fish of Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, and Tennessee, and is informally referred to as a "channel cat". In the United States, they are the most fished catfish species with approximately 8 million anglers targeting them per year. The popularity of channel catfish for food has contributed to the rapid growth of aquaculture of this species in the United States.

itis_id: 163998

wikipedia_id: Channel_catfish

picture_file_name: 329.jpg

picture_content_type: image/jpeg

picture_file_size: 113579

picture_updated_at: 2012-04-20T09:35:15.000Z

legacy_id: 356

food_group: Aquatic foods

food_subgroup: Fishes

food_type: Type 1

created_at: 2011-02-09T00:37:35.000Z

updated_at: 2019-05-14T18:04:23.000Z

creator_id: null

updater_id: null

export_to_afcdb: false

category: specific

ncbi_taxonomy_id: 7998

export_to_foodb: true

public_id: FOOD00324