Kingdom: Animalia > Phylum: Chordata > Class: Actinopterygii > Order: Siluriformes > Family: Ictaluridae > Genus: Ameiurus > Species: Ameiurus melas

Black bullhead - Ameiurus melas (Rafinesque, 1820)

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Quick facts

Threat status Europe	Not evaluated (IUCN)
Protected by	1 international agreement

Distribution

Threat and conservation status

IUCN Red List status of threatened species

The IUCN Red List threat status assesses the risk of extinction.

World

Least Concern

Europe

Not evaluated

IUCN Red List Category

Not Evaluated	Near Threatened	Regionally Extinct
Not Applicable	Vulnerable	Extinct in the Wild
Data Deficient	Endangered	Extinct
Least Concern	Critically Endangered

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EU conservation status

The EU conservation status is assessed for species mentioned in the EU Habitats Directive annexes. The EU Habitats Directive does not cover this species.

Natura 2000 sites

Legal status

Legal text	Annex	Conditions	More information
EU Regulation 1143/2014 on Invasive Alien Species (The IAS Regulation)	List of Invasive Alien Species of Union concern, third update

Common names and synonyms

Common Name	Language	Reference
Black bullhead	English	Fishbase
Pesce gatto	Italian	Fishbase
Poisson-chat	French	Fishbase
Schwarzer Katzenwels	German	Fishbase
Schwarzer Zwergwels	German	Fishbase
Zwarte amerikaanse dwergmeerval	Dutch	Fishbase

Synonym	Author
Ictalurus melas	(Rafinesque, 1820)

Other resources

CoL (accepted name)	Catalogue of Life
Fauna Europaea	Fauna Europaea
FishBase	FishBase
GBIF	Global Biodiversity Information Facility
ITIS (Valid name)	Interagency Taxonomic Information System
NCBI search	National Center for Biotechnology Information
NOBANIS: Ameiurus melas	European Network on Invasive Alien Species
PESI (Accepted)	Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure
Wikipedia	Wikipedia
WoRMS	World Register of Marine Species

External data

No external data sets available for this species

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