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Ameiurus nebulosus (Lesueur, 1819)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Lesueur, C.A. (1819). Notice de quelques poissons découverts dans les lacs du Haut-Canada, durant l'été de 1816. <em>Mem. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat.</em> 5: 148-161. 2 pls.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Siluriformes
family
Ictaluridae
genus
Ameiurus
species
Ameiurus nebulosus

Name

Synonyms
Ameirus nebulosus (Lesueur, 1819)
Ameiurus lacustris (Walbaum, 1792)
Ameiurus nebulosus marmoratus (Holbrook, 1855)
Amiurus mispilliensis Cope, 1870
Amiurus nebulosus (Lesueur, 1819)
Amiurus vulgaris (Thompson, 1842)
Gronias nigrilabris Cope, 1864
Ictalurus nebucosus (Lesueur, 1819)
Ictalurus nebulosus (Lesueur, 1819)
Ictalurus nebulosus marmoratus (Holbrook, 1855)
Ictalurus nebulosus nebulosus
Ictalurus nebulosus pannonicus Harka & Pinter, 1990
Pimelodus atrarius DeKay, 1842
Pimelodus dekayi Girard, 1859
Pimelodus felis Agassiz, 1850
Pimelodus hoyi Girard, 1859
Pimelodus marmoratus Holbrook, 1855
Pimelodus nebulosus Lesueur, 1819
Pimelodus pullus DeKay, 1842
Pimelodus vulgaris Thompson, 1842
Homonyms
Ameiurus nebulosus (Lesueur, 1819)
Common names
Bagre cabeza de toro de Estados Unidos in Spanish
Bagre, bullhead, brown bullhead, barbo común in language.
Bagre-touro-castanho in Portuguese
Barbú torito in Spanish
Bici-cu-coarne in Romanian
Bici-cu-coarne in Romanian
Brauner Katzenwels in German
Brauner Katzenwels in German
Brauner katzenwels in language.
Brown Bullhead in English
Brown Bullhead in English
Brown Bullhead in English
Brown Bullhead Catfish in English
Brown Bullhead Catfish in English
Brown Bullhead Catfish in English
Brown Catfish in English
Brown Catfish in English
Brown bullhead in English
Brown bullhead in English
Brown bullhead in English
Bruine Amerikaanse dwergmeerval in Dutch
Bruine amerikaanse dwergmeerval in Dutch
Bruine amerikaanse dwergmeerval in Dutch
Brun dværgmalle in Danish
Brun dværgmalle in Danish
Bullhead in English
Bullhead in English
Catfish in English
Catfish in English
Common Bullhead in English
Common Bullhead in English
Common Catfish in English
Common Catfish in English
Common bullhead in English
Common catfish in English
Dvergmalle in Norwegian
Dvärgmal in Swedish
Dvärgmal in Swedish
Dværgmalle in Danish
Dværgmalle in Danish
Horned Pout in English
Horned Pout in English
Horned pout in English
Horned pout in English
Hornpout in English
Hornpout in English
Hornpout in English
Kanalnyi somik in Russian
Katzenwels in German
Katzenwels in language.

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