Taxonomy Profile: Ameiurus (Rafinesque 1820)

Ameiurus: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Genus
Synonym(s):
Amiurus
Agassiz 1846
Gronias
Cope 1864
Common Name(s):
bullheads []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Ameiurus: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Deuterostomia
Phylum : Chordata
chordates |
cordado |
cordés |
Subphylum : Vertebrata
vertebrates |
vertebrado |
vertébrés |
Infradivision : Gnathostomata
Superclass : Actinopterygii
ray-finned fishes |
spiny rayed fishes |
poisson épineux |
poissons à nageoires rayonnées |
Class : Teleostei
Superorder : Ostariophysi
Order : Siluriformes
catfishes |
silures |
Family : Ictaluridae
bullhead catfishes |
North American freshwater catfishes |
barbottes |
barbues |
bagres de agua dulce |
North American catfishes |
barbottes et barbues |
Genus : Ameiurus
bullheads |
Ameiurus Direct Children(s):
Ameiurus brunneus
(Jordan 1877)
Ameiurus catus
(Linnaeus 1758)
Ameiurus melas
(Rafinesque 1820)
Ameiurus natalis
(Lesueur 1819)
Ameiurus nebulosus
(Lesueur 1819)
Ameiurus platycephalus
(Girard 1859)
Ameiurus serracanthus
(Yerger and Relyea 1968)
Ameiurus: References
Expert(s):
Expert:
Wayne C. Starnes
Notes:
Research Curator of Fishes, North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences, Research Laboratory, 4301 Reedy Creek Rd., Raleigh, NC, 27607, USA
Reference for:
Ameiurus
Expert:
Howard L. Jelks
Notes:
Research Fish Biologist, U.S. Geological Survey, 7920 N.W. 71st Street, Gainesville, Florida 32653
Reference for:
Ameiurus
Source(s):
Source:
NODC Taxonomic Code
Acquired:
1996-07-29
Notes:
Reference for:
Ameiurus
Source:
Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes, 08-Mar-2022
Acquired:
2022-03-21
Notes:
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds) 2022. ESCHMEYER'S CATALOG OF FISHES: GENERA, SPECIES, REFERENCES. (https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp). Electronic version accessed 21 Mar 2022
Reference for:
Ameiurus
Source:
Page, L. M., and B. M. Burr. 2006. The Ictaluridae
Acquired:
2020-09-16
Notes:
Part of the All Catfish Species Inventory can be found at https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/fish/catfish/ictaluridae/ [compiled by G. E. Sheehy]
Reference for:
Ameiurus
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Eschmeyer, William N.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1990-01-01 / 1990-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Genera of Recent Fishes
Page(s):
iii + 697
Publisher:
California Academy of Sciences
Publication Place:
San Francisco, CA, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-940228-23-8/
Notes:
Reference for:
Ameiurus
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Eschmeyer, William N., ed.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1998-01-01 / 1998-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Catalog of Fishes
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3
Page(s):
2905
Publisher:
California Academy of Sciences
Publication Place:
San Francisco, California, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-940228-47-5/
Notes:
http://www.jstor.org/stable/25622932
Reference for:
Ameiurus
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Nelson, Joseph S.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1994-01-01 / 1994-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Fishes of the World, Third Edition
Page(s):
xvii + 600
Publisher:
John Wiley and Sons
Publication Place:
New York, New York, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-471-54713-1/
Notes:
Reference for:
Ameiurus
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Page, L. M., H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, R. N. Lea, N. E. Mandrak, et al., eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2013-04-01 / 2013-04-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Seventh Edition
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 34
Page(s):
ix + 384
Publisher:
American Fisheries Society
Publication Place:
Bethesda, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
9781934874318/0097-0638
Notes:
Full author list: Lawrence M. Page, Héctor Espinosa-Pérez, Lloyd T. Findley, Carter R. Gilbert, Robert N. Lea, Nicholas E. Mandrak, Richard L. Mayden, and Joseph S. Nelson
Reference for:
Ameiurus
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Ferraris, Carl J., Jr.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2007-03-08 / 2007-03-08
Article/Chapter Title:
Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Zootaxa, vol. 1418
Page(s):
1-628
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/1175-5326
Notes:
Reference for:
Ameiurus
Ameiurus: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Ameiurus: Comments