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Animalia Rank: Species Synonym(s):Ictalurus melas (Rafinesque, 1820) Vernacular name(s): bagre torito negro [Spanish] black bullhead [English] Taxonomic Status: Current Standing: valid Data Quality Indicators: Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met |
Taxonomic Hierarchy Get the following data in XML format - up to the kingdom Get the following data in XML format Kingdom Animalia-- animals Phylum Chordata-- chordates Subphylum Vertebrata-- vertebrates Superclass Osteichthyes-- bony fishes Class Actinopterygii-- ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes Subclass Neopterygii-- neopterygians Infraclass Teleostei Superorder Ostariophysi Order Siluriformes-- catfishes Family Ictaluridae-- bullhead catfishes, North American catfishes Genus Ameiurus-- bullheads Species Ameiurus melas-- black bullhead |
References Expert(s):Wayne C. Starnes: Research Curator of Fishes, North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences, Research Laboratory, 4301 Reedy Creek Rd., Raleigh, NC, 27607, USA
Other sources: Source: Catalog of Fishes, 08-Apr-2005 website (version 05-Apr-05); (http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/) Source: Catalog of Fishes, 17-Mar-2003 website (version 13-Mar-03); (http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/) Source: NODC Taxonomic Code database (version 8.0) References: Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes 2003. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Comments: As-yet (2003) unpublished manuscript from 1998 Eschmeyer, William N., ed. 1998. Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco, California, USA. 2905. ISBN: 0-940228-47-5. Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, et al., eds. 2004. Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Sixth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 29. American Fisheries Society. Bethesda, Maryland, USA. ix + 386. ISBN: 1-888569-61-1. Comments: Full author list: Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, Héctor Espinosa-Pérez, Lloyd T. Findley, Carter R. Gilbert, Robert N. Lea, and James D. Williams Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al. 1991. Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, Fifth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 20. American Fisheries Society. Bethesda, Maryland, USA. 183. ISBN: 0-913235-70-9. |
Geographic Information Geographic Information:Middle AmericaNorth America Jurisdiction:Canada, Native & IntroducedContinental US, Native & IntroducedMexico, Introduced |
Comments Comments:Andrew K. Townesmith, ITIS Data Development Technician Nelson et al. (2004) Occurrence values: F:CUM[I] |
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