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Bullheads
Ameiurus
Ameiurus is a genus of catfishes in the family Ictaluridae. It contains the three common types of bullhead catfish found in waters of the United States, the black bullhead (Ameiurus melas), the brown bullhead (Ameiurus nebulosus), and the yellow bullhead (Ameiurus natalis), as well as other species, such as the white catfish (Ameiurus catus or Ictalurus catus), which are not typically called "bullheads".
The species known as bullheads can be distinguished from channel catfish and blue catfish by their squared tailfins, rather than forked.
7 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 7 known species

Brown Bullhead
speciesAmeiurus nebulosus

Yellow Bullhead
speciesAmeiurus natalis

Black Bullhead
speciesAmeiurus melas

White Catfish
speciesAmeiurus catus

Flat Bullhead
speciesAmeiurus platycephalus

Snail Bullhead
speciesAmeiurus brunneus

Spotted Bullhead
speciesAmeiurus serracanthus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 58658.