Orangefin madtom

Orangefin madtom
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Ictaluridae
Genus: Noturus
Species: N. gilberti
Binomial name
Noturus gilberti
D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1889

The orangefin madtom (Noturus gilberti) is a species of fish in the Ictaluridae family. It is endemic to the United States, and was originally described from the Roanoke River of Virginia.[1]

References

  1. Burgess, W. 1989. An Atlas of Freshwater and Marine Catfishes: a Preliminary Survey of Siluriformes. T.F.H. Incorperated. pg. 34.


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