Specimen Information

Ameiurus melas
Ameiurus melas
(Black Bullhead)
Fishes
Native Transplant

Specimen ID238992
GroupFishes
GenusAmeiurus
Speciesmelas
Common NameBlack Bullhead
StateWA
CountyYakima
LocalityYakima River, below the Sunnyside Dam
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameLower Yakima
HUC8 Number17030003
HUC10 NameDeep Canyon-Yakima River
HUC10 Number1703000305
HUC12 NameWapato Dam-Yakima River
HUC12 Number170300030501
Map
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Collection Year1999
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwaystocked for sport | stocked for food
Statuscollected
Reference 1
Ref. Number:13708
Author:Wydoski, R.S., and R.R. Whitney.
Date:2003
Title:Inland Fishes of Washington. Second Edition.
Publisher:American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, MD in association with University of Washington Press, Seattle.
Pages:322 pp
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater
Number Collected1


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