The invention discloses a 
microsatellite family identification method for 
ictalurus punctatus. The 
microsatellite family identification method comprises the following steps: (1) breeding an 
ictalurus punctatus family by adopting an artificial propagation method, and carrying out 
polyculture on 100 family descendants in one pond; (2) analyzing 
gene types of an 
ictalurus punctatus breeding group on 18 
microsatellite marker sites by adopting a 
fluorescence marking primer and a multi-PCR (
Polymerase Chain Reaction) amplification method; screening 10 effective microsatellite markers which have high polymorphism and are suitable for family identification; (3) optimizing a multi-PCR amplification 
system of the 10 microsatellite markers and analyzing 
gene types of the polycultured descendants on 10 microsatellite marker sites; (4) identifying a parental origin of each descendant according to the 
gene types of parents and the descendants. According to the microsatellite family identification method disclosed by the invention, a paternity testing method is established for the ictalurus punctatus for the first time and the identification accuracy reaches 96.6 percent; 
polyculture individual parents of the ictalurus punctatus can be rapidly and accurately identified. The microsatellite family identification method disclosed by the invention can be used for rapidly and accurately carrying out family identification on the 
polyculture individual parents of the ictalurus punctatus, and the breeding effect is improved.