Noturus exilis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Siluriformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Otomorpha Subcohors: Ostariophysi Sectio: Otophysa Ordo: Siluriformes

Familia: Ictaluridae
Genus: Noturus
Species: Noturus exilis

Name

• Noturus exilis Nelson, 1876

Lectotype: INHS 37651. Paralectotypes (2): lost.

• Lectotype designated by Sabaj et al. (1997).

Type locality: Mackinaw Creek, Illinois River drainage, McLean County, Illinois, U.S.A.

Synonyms

• Noturus elassochir Swain & Kalb, 1883

Vernacular names

English: Slender Madtom

References

• Blanton, R. E., Page, L. M. & Hilber, S. A.; 2012: Timing of clade divergence and discordant estimates of genetic and morphological diversity in the Slender Madtom, Noturus exilis (Ictaluridae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, In Press, Uncorrected Proof, Available online 10 November 2012. abstract
• Nelson, E. W.; 1876: A partial catalogue of the fishes of Illinois. Bulletin of the Illinois Museum of Natural History, 1 (1): 33–52.
• Sabaj Pérez, M. H., Cummings, K. S. & Page, L. M.; 1997: Annotated catalog of type specimens in the Illinois Natural History Survey fish collection. Illinois Natural History Survey. Bulletin, 35 (5): 249–300.
• Swain, J. & Kalb, G. B.; 1883: A review of the genus Noturus with a description of one new species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 5 (332): 638–644.
• Noturus exilis in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.