Channel Catfish

Ictalurus punctatus

Giant predator

Scientific name	Ictalurus punctatus
Size	up to 26 kg
Where it lives	Rivers and lakes of the United States, southern Canada and northern Mexico
In the game	North American Lakes · Mountain Stream

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Taste buds cover its entire body. They are densest on the whiskers: about 25 per square millimetre.

Swim with the Channel Catfish in Ember Reef