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Production of Hybrid Catfish

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Publisher: Southern Regional Aquaculture Center

Creation date: July 1998

Hybrids between different species of North American catfish (ictalurids) have been researched for more than 30 years. Of all these interspecific catfish hybrids (crosses between two distinct species) only one hybrid has characteristics that would favor commercial application. That hybrid is the channel catfish (Ictalurus punc- tatus) x blue catfish (I. furcatus) hybrid (denoted as the CxB hybrid). More specifically, it is the hybrid produced by crossing the female channel catfish with the male blue catfish. It is important to note that the reciprocal cross, crossing the male channel catfish with the female blue catfish, does not have the same superior production characteristics of the CxB hybrid.

Key Words: USDA • SRAC • Catfish • Channel Catfish • Blue Catfish • Hybrid • Breeding • CxB Hybrid