Channel catfish
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| phylum | Chordata | Channel catfish is North America's most numerous catfish species. It is the official fish of Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, and Tennessee, and is informally referred to as a "channel cat". In the United States, they are the most fished catfish species with approximately 8 million anglers targeting them per year. The popularity of channel catfish for food has contributed to the rapid growth of aquaculture of this species in the United States.
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| class | Actinopterygii | |
| order | Siluriformes | |
| family | Ictaluridae | |
| genus | Ictalurus | |
| species | I. punctatus |
