Native
to the freshwaters of North America and into
parts of Central America. Ictalurids are split
up into three groups, the catfishes, bullheads
and the smaller madtoms. Will do better
in an unheated aquarium and are generally a
very hardy group
of catfishes.
Some
species can be too large for the home aquarium.
The
larger species of catfish are important commercial
and sport fishes.
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