Ictiobus bubalus és una espècie de peix de la família dels catostòmids i de l'ordre dels cipriniformes.

Morfologia Els mascles poden assolir 112 cm de longitud total i 37,3 kg de pes.IGFA, 2001. Base de dades de registres de pesca IGFA fins al 2001. IGFA, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Estats Units.FishBase

Alimentació Menja crustacis i algues.Frimodt, C., 1995. Multilingual illustrated guide to the world's commercial coldwater fish. Fishing News Books, Osney Mead, Oxford, Anglaterra. 215 p.

Hàbitat És un peix d'aigua dolça i de clima temperat.Eaton, J.G., J.H. McCormick, B.E. Goodno, D.G. O'Brien, H.G. Stefany, M. Hondzo i R.M. Scheller, 1995. A field information-based system for estimating fish temperature tolerances. Fisheries 20(4):10-18.

Distribució geogràfica Es troba a Nord-amèrica, incloent-hi Mèxic.Etnier, D.A. i W.C. Starnes, 1993. The fishes of Tennessee. The University of Tennessee Press, Knoxville (Tennessee), Estats Units.Hargis, H.L., 1966. Development of improved fishing methods for use in southeastern and south-central reservoirs. Tenn. Game Fish Comm. Dingell-Johnson Job Completion Rep. 4-5-R-1:34 p.Hassan-Williams, C. i T.H. Bonner. Texas freshwater fishes. Texas State University- San Marcos: Biology Department/ Aquatic Station.Hugg, D.O., 1996. MAPFISH georeferenced mapping database. Freshwater and estuarine fishes of North America. Life Science Software. Dennis O. i Steven Hugg, 1278 Turkey Point Road, Edgewater (Maryland), Estats Units.Jenkins, R.M., 1953. Growth histories of the principal fishes in Grand Lake (O' the Cherokees), Oklahoma, through thirteen years of impoundment. Okla. Fish. Res. Lab. Rep. 34:1-87.Swingle, W.E., 1965. Length-weight relationships of Alabama fishes. Auburn Univ. Agric. Exp. Sta. Zool.-Ent. Ser. Fish. 3:87 p.

Ús comercial Es comercialitza fresc i es menja fregit, rostit i enfornat.Frimodt, C., 1995.

Referències

Bibliografia Anònim, 2001. Base de dades de la col·lecció de peixos del National Museum of Natural History (Smithsonian Institution). Smithsonian Institution - Division of Fishes. Anònim, 2002. Base de dades de la col·lecció de peixos del American Museum of Natural History. American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West, NY 10024-5192, Estats Units. Bailey, R. M. i W. N. Eschmeyer, 1988: Ictiobus (Rafinesque, 1820) (Osteichthyes, Cypriniformes): proposed conservation. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature v. 45 (pt 1): 36-37. Bogutskaya, N.G. i A.M. Naseka, 2002. An overview of nonindigenous fishes in inland waters of Russia. Proc. Zool. Inst. Russ. Acad. Sci. 296:21-30. Breder, C.M. i D.E. Rosen, 1966. Modes of reproduction in fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City (Estats Units). 941 p. Carlander, K.D., 1969. Handbook of freshwater fishery biology, volum 1. The Iowa State University Press, Ames. Iowa.

Nelson, J.S., E.J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, L.T. Findley, C.R. Gilbert, R.N. Lea i J.D. Williams, 2004. Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico. American Fisheries Society, Special Publication 29, Bethesda, Maryland, Estats Units.

Reshetnikov, Y.S., N.G. Bogutskaya, E.D. Vasil'eva, E.A. Dorofeeva, A.M. Naseka, O.A. Popova, K.A. Savvaitova, V.G. Sideleva i L.I. Sokolov, 1997. An annotated check-list of the freshwater fishes of Russia. J. Ichthyol. 37(9): 687-736. Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea i W.B. Scott, 1980. A list of common and scientific names of fishes from the United States and Canada. Am. Fish. Soc. Spec. Publ. (12)1-174. Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea i W.B. Scott, 1991. Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States and Canada. Am. Fish. Soc. Spec. Pub. (20):183 p. Uzunova, E. i S. Zlatanova, 2007. A review of the fish introductions in Bulgarian freshwaters Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria. 37(1): 55-61. Vasil'eva, E.D., 2003. Main alterations in ichthyofauna of the largest rivers of the northern coast of the Black Sea in the last 50 years: A review Folia Zool. 52(4): 337-358. Welcomme, R.L., 1988. International introductions of inland aquatic species. FAO Fish. Tech. Pap. 294. 318 p.

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