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Ameiurus nebulosus (Lesueur, 1819)

Brown bullhead
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Italy country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: introduced
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Introduced in the 1900s. Known from the Italian peninsula and islands (Ref. 94493), and recently recorded in water bodies of the Piemonte region (13729). Naturalized in 1906 (Ref. 45688). Preys on native species (Ref. 94493). Also Ref. 1739, 6375, 59043.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/it.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Gandolfi, G., S. Zerunian, P. Torricelli and A. Marconato (eds.), 1991
National Database: ICTIMED

Common names from other countries

Barbotte brune, 云斑鮰, Brown bullhead catfish, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Ictaluridae (North American freshwater catfishes)
Etymology: Ameiurus: Greek, a = without + Greek, meiouros, -os, -on = without tail (Ref. 45335);  nebulosus: nebulosus meaning clouded, in relation to mottled and grey coloring (Ref. 1998).
  More on author: Lesueur.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; demersal; depth range 0 - 12 m (Ref. 1998).   Subtropical; 0°C - 37°C (Ref. 35682); 54°N - 25°N, 104°W - 61°W (Ref. 86798)

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