Considered a synonym of Ictalurus punctatus (Rafinesque, 1818)
- La Rivers, I.. 1994. "Fishes and fisheries of Nevada". University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada. 1-782 (ffm04574)
Original description as Synechoglanis beadlei:
- Gill, Theodore Nicholas. 1859. "Description of a new genus of Pimelodinae from Canada". Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York. 7(1-3):39-42 (ffm00245)