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Ameiurus natalis (Lesueur, 1819)

Yellow bullhead
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Common names: Barbotte jaune, Yellow bullhead
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: minor commercial | Ref: Coker, G.A., C.B. Portt and C.K. Minns, 2001
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Known only from Ontario and Quebec; rarely caught as a game fish (Ref. 52559). Introduced in British Columbia (Ref. 112251). Also Ref. 5723.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ca.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.ncr.dfo.ca/home_e.htm
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Coker, G.A., C.B. Portt and C.K. Minns, 2001
National Database:

Common names from other countries

黄鮰, Barbotte jaune, Bagre torito amarillo, ... 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);  natalis: Ameiurus (Greek)=privative curtailed (referring to the caudal fin lacking a notch); natalis (Latin)=having large buttocks (Ref. 79012).
  More on author: Lesueur.

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

Freshwater; demersal; depth range 10 - ? m.   Temperate; 5°C - 15°C (Ref. 13614); 42°N - 19°N

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences |
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