Ameiurus nebulosus, Brown bullhead : fisheries, aquaculture, gamefish

Ameiurus nebulosus (Lesueur, 1819)

Brown bullhead
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Classification / Noms Noms communs | Synonymes | Catalog of Fishes(Genre, Espèce) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Ictaluridae (North American freshwater catfishes)
Etymology: Ameiurus: Greek, a = without + Greek, meiouros, -os, -on = without tail (Ref. 45335)nebulosus: nebulosus meaning clouded, in relation to mottled and grey coloring (Ref. 1998).
More on author: Lesueur.

Environnement : milieu / zone climatique / profondeur / gamme de distribution Écologie

; eau douce démersal; potamodrome (Ref. 126106); profondeur 0 - 12 m (Ref. 1998). Subtropical; 0°C - 37°C (Ref. 35682); 54°N - 25°N, 104°W - 61°W (Ref. 86798)

Distribution Territoires | Zones FAO | Écosystèmes | Occurrences | Carte par point | Introductions | Faunafri

North America: Atlantic and Gulf Slope drainages from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick in Canada to Mobile Bay in Alabama in USA; St. Lawrence-Great Lakes, Hudson Bay, and Mississippi River basins from Quebec west to southeastern Saskatchewan in Canada, and south to Louisiana, USA. Introduced into several countries. Several countries report adverse ecological impact after introduction.

Longueur à la première maturité / Taille / Poids / Âge

Maturité: Lm 26.6, range 20 - 33 cm
Max length : 55.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 40637); common length : 25.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 556); poids max. publié: 2.7 kg (Ref. 40637); âge max. reporté: 9 années (Ref. 59043)

Description synthétique Clés d'identification | Morphologie | Morphométrie

Épines dorsales (Total) : 1; Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 6 - 7; Épines anales: 1. Caudal fin with 18-19 rays.
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.

Biologie     Glossaire (ex. epibenthic)

Adults occur in pools and sluggish runs over soft substrates in creeks and small to large rivers. Also found in impoundments, lakes, and ponds (Ref. 86798). They rarely enter brackish waters (Ref. 1998). They are nocturnal feeders that feed on mollusks, insects, leeches, crayfish and plankton, worms, algae, plant material, fishes, eggs of least cisco, herring and lake trout (Ref. 1998). Juveniles (3-6 cm) feed mostly on chironomid larvae, cladocerans, ostracods, amphipods, bugs and mayflies (Ref. 1998). Can tolerate high carbon dioxide and low oxygen concentrations and temperatures up to 31.6 °C although experiments show upper lethal temp. to be 37.5 °C; resistant to domestic and industrial pollution (Ref. 1998). They have been observed to bury itself in mud to escape adverse environmental conditions (Ref. 1998). Prepared hot-smoked and also cooked in various ways (Ref. 1998).

Cycle de vie et comportement reproducteur Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves

Nests are built by one or both sexes. After a period of caressing each other with their barbels, male and female settle over the nest, face opposite directions (while maintaining body contact) and spawn. Although eggs are cared for by one or both parents, there have been reports of parents eating their own eggs. Caring entails fanning by the paired fins, moving and stirring by the barbels, and may be picked up and ejected from the mouth; this ensures hatching.

Référence principale Téléchargez vos références | Références | Coordinateur | Collaborateurs

Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 2011. A field guide to freshwater fishes of North America north of Mexico. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 663p. (Ref. 86798)

Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))

  Préoccupation mineure (LC) ; Date assessed: 14 October 2011

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Menace pour l'homme

  Potential pest





Utilisations par l'homme

Pêcheries: intérêt commercial mineur; Aquaculture: commercial; pêche sportive: oui
FAO - pêcheries: landings search; Publication: search | FishSource |

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Cycle de vie
Reproduction
Maturité
Maturité/épines rel.
Fécondité
Frai
Agrégats de frai
Œufs
Développement de l'œuf
Larves
Dynamique des populations larvaires
Anatomie
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Cerveau
Otolithe
Physiologie
Composition corporelle
Nutriments
Consommation d'oxygène
Type de natation
Vitesse de nage
Pigments visuels
Son de poisson
Maladies et parasites
Toxicité (CL50)
Génétique
génôme
Génétique
Hétérozygotie
Héritabilité
Diversité génétique
Liées à l'homme
Systèmes d'aquaculture
Profils d'aquaculture
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Estimations basées sur des modèles

Indice de diversité phylogénétique
(Réf. 82804)
PD50 = 0.5078 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight a=0.00832 (0.00640 - 0.01080), b=3.12 (3.05 - 3.19), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).
Niveau trophique
(Réf. 69278)
3.7   ±0.1 se; based on diet studies.
Résilience
(Réf. 120179)
Milieu, temps minimum de doublement de population : 1,4 à 4,4 années (K=0.47; tm=3; tmax=8).
Vulnérabilité de la pêche
(Ref. 59153)
Moderate vulnerability (38 of 100). 🛈
Catégorie de prix
(Ref. 80766)
Unknown.