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Record 1 2016-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fish
Universal entry(ies)
Ameiurus melas
Latin
Ictalurus melas
Latin
DEF

a small dusky greenish brown to black bullhead (Ameiurus melas) having a flattened head and plump body and being widely distributed chiefly in sluggish waters in much of temperate No. America.

OBS

bullhead: ... any of several North American freshwater catfishes of the genus Ictalurus (Ameiurus of some authorities) and the family Ictaluridae ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Poissons
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Ameiurus melas
Latin
Ictalurus melas
Latin
CONT

Barbotte noire. Ictalurus melas `[...] Cette petite barbotte ne mesure ordinairement que 5 à 7 pouces (127 - 178 mm) de longueur. [...] Corps plutôt massif, trapu, arrondi à l'avant, quelque peu ventru [...] Tête massive, longue [...]

CONT

Coloration. Face dorsale de la tête et du corps, flancs supérieurs allant du brun foncé, à l'olive et au noir [...] Distribution. Cette espèce est limitée aux eaux douces de l'Amérique du Nord.

OBS

Ictalurus melas (Rafinesque)

Spanish

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