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Balsas Catfish
Ictalurus balsanus
Ictalurus balsanus (the Balsas catfish) is found in the Rio Balsas drainage, which it is named after. The Balsas catfish is at threat from the introduced Channel catfish. The first measurements taking of Ictalurus balsanus showed that the catfish is between 10 and 60 centimeters.
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 317164.