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Water chestnut (Trapa natans)

Blue Catfish

Photo credit:  © Robert Aguilar, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center

(Ictalurus furcatus)

Report this Species!

If you believe you have found this species in its invasive range in Pennsylvania, please report your findings to iMapInvasives by submitting an observation record.

Species at a Glance

Learn more about the Blue catfish and its impacts by viewing information available in our Gallery of Invaders and by watching the following video.

Range Information

The map below depicts both the native and invasive ranges of Blue catfish in Pennsylvania, displayed using a HUC 8 watershed layer.

Data used to create this map was provided by USGS NAS.

Native range

Invasive range

Pennsylvania iMapInvasives, invasive here but not there, Blue catfish, Ictalurus furcatus
Blue catfish video
Video
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