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TABS Species Account TN00172 

TN00172    BLUE CATFISH    ICTALURUS FURCATUS

Tennessee Animal Biogeographic System TABS

version 12/2002


Taxonomy
Status
Distribution
Habitat Associations
Food Habits
Environmental Associations
Life History
Management Practices
References

Food Habits

TrophicReferences
Carnivore4205

LifestageFood Item ConsumedPart of Food Item
JuvenileEphemeropteraNot Specified
JuvenileLepidopteraNot Specified
JuvenileCOPEPODSNot Specified
JuvenileDipteraLarva stage
JuvenileTrichopteraLarva stage
AdultInsectsLarva stage
AdultMalacostracaNot Specified
AdultBivalve MolluscsNot Specified
AdultOligochaetesNot Specified
AdultSalientiaNot Specified
AdultOsteichthyesNot Specified
AdultDipteraLarva stage
AdultDipteraPupa stage
AdultEphemeropteraLarva stage
AdultBryozoansNot Specified
AdultCrustaceansNot Specified
AdultAmphibiaNot Specified
AdultSalientiaNot Specified

Comments on General Food Habits

Comments on Adult Food Habits

Individuals longer than 8-13 eat mainly fish & larger invertebrates *1187* May occasionally take frogs, mussels *4205*.

Comments on Juvenile Food Habits

Some fish eaten by individuals 4 long, but most of their diet is made up of small invertebrates *1187*

References/LifestageReference Numbers
Adult5039, 7092, 1187, 4205
Juvenile5039, 1187


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