Ictalurus punctatus

Definitions of Ictalurus punctatus

1. noun

   freshwater food fish common throughout central United States
   synonyms: channel cat, channel catfish

   types:

   blue cat, blue catfish, blue channel cat, blue channel catfish

   a large catfish of the Mississippi valley

   type of:

   catfish, siluriform fish

   any of numerous mostly freshwater bottom-living fishes of Eurasia and North America with barbels like whiskers around the mouth