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Ameiurus natalis, Yellow bullhead : gamefish
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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
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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
North America: Atlantic and Gulf slope drainages from New York to northern Mexico, and St. Lawrence-Great Lakes and Mississippi river basins from southern Quebec west to central North Dakota, and south to the Gulf. At least one country reports adverse ecological impact after introduction.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: L
m
 
?
  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 60.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref.
27549
); common length : 22.5 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref.
12193
); max. published weight: 1.9 kg (Ref.
4699
); max. reported age: 4 years (Ref.
72462
)
Pools, backwaters, and sluggish current over soft substrate in creeks and small to large rivers; oxbows, ponds, and impoundments (Ref.
5723
,
10294
). Feeds on variety of insects and other bottom dwelling organisms such as mollusks and crustaceans (Ref.
27549
).
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Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr
, 1991. A field guide to freshwater fishes of North America north of Mexico. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston. 432 p. (Ref.
5723
)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref.
130435
)
Least Concern (LC)
; Date assessed:
14 October 2011
CITES
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Potential pest (Ref.
13686
)
Human uses
Gamefish: yes
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804
): PD
50
= 0.5078 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01202 (0.00732 - 0.01975), b=3.09 (2.94 - 3.24), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref.
93245
).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278
): 3.3 ±0.46 se; based on food items.
Resilience (Ref.
120179
): Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (tmax=4; Fec=2,000).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153
): Moderate vulnerability (44 of 100).
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