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    Species Accepted

    Ameiurus melas (Rafinesque, 1820)

    Brown bullhead
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Ameiurus
    IUCNLeast Concern

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      Recorded as introduced in 23 countries or islands

      23 results
      Introduced inAccording toInvasiveOccurrences in GBIF
      nullYesUnknown
      AlbaniaNo
      AustriaNo
      Bosnia and HerzegovinaNo
      BelgiumNo
      BelgiumNoUnknown
      CanadaNo
      SwitzerlandYes
      ChileNo
      GermanyYes
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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      37 results
      Amiurus melas Italian
      Brown bullhead English
      Common Bullhead English
      Greffier Barbicho French
      Horned Pout English
      Melnais buļļugalvis Latvian
      Mustapiikkimonni Finnish
      Peix gat Catalan–Valencian
      Peix gat negre Catalan–Valencian
      Peixe-gato-preto Portuguese

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      12 results
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      http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/details/species/id/10083106/common/21753
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      Nelson, J. S., Crossman, E. J., Espinosa-Pérez, H., Findley, L. T., Gilbert, C. R., Lea, R. N., & Williams, J. D. (2004). Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada and Mexico Special Publication. American Fisheries Society, 29 American Fisheries Society: Bethesda. ISBN 1-888569-61-1. 386 + CD-Rom, pp. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=168273
      Dyntaxa (2021). Svensk taxonomisk databas. Besökt på www.dyntaxa.se den ('dagens datum').
      Nijssen, H.; de Groot, S.J. (1987). De vissen van Nederland: systematische indeling, historisch overzicht, het ontstaan van de viskweek, uitheemse vissoorten, determineersleutels, beschrijvingen, afbeeldingen, literatuur, van alle in Nederlandse wateren voor komende zee- en zoetwatervissoorten [Fishes of the Netherlands: systematic classification, historical overview, origins of fish culture, non-indigenous species, determination keys, descriptions, drawings, literature references on all marine and freshwater fish species living in Dutch waters]. KNNV Uitgeverij: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5011-006-1. 224 pp.
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      Gillespie, G. E. (1993). An updated list of the fishes of British Columbia, and those of interest in adjacent waters, with numeric code designations. Can. Tech. Rep. Fish. Aquat. Sci., 1918: 116 p. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=155121
      Rafinesque, C. S. (1820). Description of the Silures or catfishes of the River Ohio. Q. J. Sci. Lit. Arts (R. Inst. Gr. Brit.), 9:48–9:52. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=156

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