Specimen Information

Ameiurus melas
Ameiurus melas
(Black Bullhead)
Fishes
Native Transplant

Specimen ID1401657
GroupFishes
GenusAmeiurus
Speciesmelas
Common NameBlack Bullhead
StateAL
LocalityLower Conecuh drainage
Mapping AccuracyCentroid
Centroid TypeHUC8
HUC8 NameLower Conecuh
HUC8 Number03140304
Map
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Collection Year1996
Year AccuracyPublication Year
Potential Pathwaystocked for sport
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:1563
Author:Mettee, M.F., P.E. O'Neil, and J.M. Pierson.
Date:1996
Title:Fishes of Alabama and the Mobile Basin.
Publisher:Oxmoor House, Inc, Birmingham, AL.
Pages:820 pp
Reference 2
Ref. Number:14971
Author:Boschung, H.T., Jr., and R.L. Mayden.
Date:2004
Title:Fishes of Alabama.
Publisher:Smithsonian Books
Pages:736 pp
Reference 3
Ref. Number:78
Author:Smith-Vaniz, W.F.
Date:1968
Title:Freshwater Fishes of Alabama.
Publisher:Auburn University Agricultural Experiment Station Auburn, AL.
Pages:211 pp
CommentsNot native to coastal plain drainages that cross Florida (Boschung and Mayden 2004; Smith-Vaniz 1968).
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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