United States Department of the Interior, Fred A. Seaton, Secretary 



Fish and Wildlife Service 



THE SPAWNING BEHAVIOR OF THE CHANNEL CATFISH 

 ICTALURUS PUNCTATUS 



By 



Howard P. Clemens 

 University of Oklahoma, Norman Oklahoma 

 and 

 Kermit E.Sneed 

 University of Oklahoma Research Institute 

 Norman, Oklahoma 



Special Scientific Report- -Fisheries No. 219. 



Washington, D.C. 

 June 1957 



