United States (contiguous states) country information
Common names:
Brown bullhead
Occurrence:
native
Salinity:
freshwater
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Aquaculture:
commercial
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Uses:
no uses
Comments:
Known from Atlantic and Gulf Slope drainages from Maine to Mobile Bay in Alabama; St. Lawrence-Great Lakes and Mississippi River basins south to Louisiana (Ref. 86798). Found in all tributaries of Chesapeake Bay, including ponds, streams and lakes (Ref. 27549). Has been introduced into Idaho and into California where it is cultured in ponds (Ref. 1998). Also Ref. 276, 5723, 10294, 52299.
National Checklist:
Country Information:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html
National Fisheries Authority:
http://www.nmfs.gov
Occurrences:
OccurrencesPoint map
Main Ref:
Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 2011
National Database:
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
