Ictaluridae includes bullheads, madtoms, channel catfish, and blue catfish. Blue catfish are often misidentified as channel catfish. The Indiana record for a blue catfish was set in 1999 by Bruce Midkiff. Blue catfish are abundant in the lake. He is rumored to have caught between 28,000 and 30,000 blue catfish. The maximum length is in the blue catfish and the flathead catfish. The only currently known host fish are the Channel catfish and the Blue catfish. Lavon Lakes's dominant fish species are the largemouth bass, white bass, blue catfish, and crappie. Since their introduction in Virginia waters in the 1970s, blue catfish populations have exploded. Blue catfish are heavy bodied, blueish gray in color, and have a dorsal hump. Blue catfish also have barbels, a deeply forked tail, and a protruding upper jaw. Blue catfish can tolerate brackish water, thus can colonize along inland waterways of coastal regions. It includes the well-known channel catfish ("Ictalurus punctatus") and blue catfish ("Ictalurus furcatus").