Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Pisces > Class Actinopterygii > Order Siluriformes > Family Ictaluridae > Genus Ameiurus

Ameiurus melas (Rafinesque, 1820)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Silurus Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ameiurus*	Rafinesque, 1820	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Silurus melas*	Rafinesque, 1820	objective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: peshku mace e zezë sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

Dutch: zwarte dwergmeerval sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English: black bullhead sources: Wheeler, A. (1992). A list of the common and scientific names of fishes of the British Isles. J. Fish Biol. 41(Suppl. A): 1-37

English-United States: Black Bullhead sources: Charles Hussey

French: barbotte noir sources: Gillespie, G. E. 1993. An updated list of the fishes of British Columbia, and those of interest in adjacent waters, with numeric code designations. Can. Tech. Rep. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 1918: 116 p.

Spanish, Castillian: bagre torito negro

Literature

original description	Rafinesque, C.S. (1820). Description of the Silures or catfishes of the River Ohio. Q. J. Sci. Lit. Arts (R. Inst. Gr. Brit.) v. 9, pp 48-52.
basis of record	Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology.
source of synonymy	Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (197 publications)
Delivering Alien Invasive Species Inventories for Europe (DAISIE)
Barcode of Life (14 barcodes)
GenBank (50 nucleotides; 25 proteins)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Bailly, N. (2014). Ameiurus melas (Rafinesque, 1820). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:154205

Dr Jorg Freyhof. Ameiurus melas (Rafinesque, 1820). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=304642