Brown bullhead

Brown bullhead
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Ictaluridae
Genus: Ameiurus
Species:
A. nebulosus
Binomial name
Ameiurus nebulosus
(Lesueur, 1819)
Synonyms[2]
  • Ictalurus nebulosus (Lesueur, 1819)
  • Pimelodus nebulosus Lesueur, 1819
  • Pimelodus dekayi Girard, 1859
  • Pimelodus atrarius DeKay, 1842
  • Pimelodus felis Agassiz, 1850
  • Pimelodus hoyi Girard, 1859
  • Pimelodus marmoratus Holbrook, 1855
  • Amiurus mispilliensis Cope, 1870
  • Gronias nigrilabris Cope, 1864
  • Ictalurus nebulosus pannonicus Harka & Pinter, 1990
  • Pimelodus pullus DeKay, 1842
  • Pimelodus vulgaris Thompson, 1842
  • Pimelodus vulpeculus Girard, 1859

The brown bullhead (Ameiurus nebulosus) is a fish of the family Ictaluridae that is widely distributed in North America. It is a species of bullhead catfish and is similar to the black bullhead (Ameiurus melas) and yellow bullhead (Ameiurus natalis). It was originally described as Pimelodus nebulosus by Charles Alexandre Lesueur in 1819, and is also referred to as Ictalurus nebulosus.

The brown bullhead is also widely known as the "mud pout", "horned pout", "hornpout", or simply "mud cat", a name also used with the other bullhead species.

The brown bullhead is important as a clan symbol of the Ojibwe people. In their tradition, the bullhead or wawaazisii is one of six beings that came out of the sea to form the original clans.[3]

  1. ^ NatureServe (2013). "Ameiurus nebulosus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T202676A2746713. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T202676A2746713.en. Retrieved November 12, 2021.
  2. ^ Fricke, R.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Van der Laan, R., eds. (February 7, 2023). "Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References". Retrieved February 17, 2023 – via California Academy of Sciences.
  3. ^ "Ojibwe clan systems: A cultural connection to the natural world". Archived from the original on November 25, 2005. Retrieved September 15, 2005.