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mad·tom

(măd′tŏm′)

Any of several small freshwater North American catfishes of the genus Noturus, having poison glands at the base of the pectoral and dorsal fin spines.

[mad + tom(cat) (probably so called because the fish swim in an excited zigzag manner when agitated).]

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madtom

(ˈmædˈtɒm)

(Animals) any of various North American catfish

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mad•tom

(ˈmædˈtɒm)

n.

any of several small North American freshwater catfishes of the genus Noturus, having a poisonous pectoral spine.

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As a seine net was dragged through a bed of aquatic "weeds," he captured several small catfish known as madtoms, characterized by their distinct miniature size, fused tail and adipose fins.

A little catfish returns home

Channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) were present at the end of June and the beginning of July, while stonecat madtoms (Noturus flavus) did not appear in the drift until the beginning of August.

Diel larval fish drift in a small Ohio stream (Honey Creek, Seneca Co., OH)

lucius, Northern pike 1 (5-1976) Cyprinidae, carps, minnows, & shiners Notemigonus crysoleucas, 2 (1-1976); 1 (5-1976) Golden shiner Pimephales notatus, Bluntnose minnow Catostomidae, suckers Catostomus commersonii, 45 (5-1976) White sucker Ictaluridae, bullheads, madtoms, & catfish Ameiurus melas, Black bullhead A.

Lake fish assemblages in Hoosier National Forest, Perry County, Indiana, with emphasis on lake condition assessment

Willow cats are tadpole madtoms (Noturus gyrinus), not to be confused with young bullheads, which were sold as "bullhead minnows" as early as the 1920s.

Catfish 2010: science report

While all species can be prey at some stage in their life cycle, I only counted the small-bodied cyprinids, madtoms, darters, and topminnows as prey.

Structure of assemblages and recent distribution of riverine fishes in Oklahoma

The QHEI pool/riffle sub-metric was significantly related to the number of habitat specialist species (e.g., darters, madtoms, sculpins and suckers).

Land-use impacts on watershed health and integrity in Indiana warmwater streams

Madtoms are a subgroup of the North American bullhead catfish family Ictaluridae.

Rediscovery of the freckled madtom Noturus nocturnus Jordan & Gilbert in the Des Plaines River, Illinois

Chromosomal evolution in North American catfishes (Siluriformes; Ictaluridae) with particular emphasis on the madtoms, Noturus.

Chromosomes of Cichlasoma istlanum (Perdformes: Cichlidae) and karyotype comparison of two presumed subspecies

Beneath the wooded ridges lies a spectacular cavernous underworld whose subterranean streams sometimes force their way to the surface to shelter paleback darters, Ouachita madtoms, and Kiamichi shiners.

A new sense of stewardship

Scientists presented discoveries in feeding ecology, distribution, movements and behavior; stocking methods, sampling techniques, and age-growth of channel, flat-head, and blue catfish; as well studies on madtoms and bullheads.

Catfish 2010

Neosho madtoms occupy riffles of pebble and gravel bars and feed at night on larval insects (Wildhaber 2006).

Neosho madtom: a small fish with complex problems

Their valves provide habitat for algae and aquatic insect larvae and provide nests and refugia for certain species of fishes, such as madtoms (Noturus spp.).

Freshwater mussel (Bivalvia: Unionidae) survey of the Brouilletts Creek basin in Illinois and Indiana

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