Brown Bullhead
Ameiurus nebulosus (Lesueur, 1819)
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Subphylum | Vertebrata |
| Class | Actinopterygii |
| Order | Siluriformes |
| Family | Ictaluridae |
| Genus | Ameiurus |
| Species | Ameiurus nebulosus (Lesueur, 1819) |
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Stygoxene
- Realm
- Aquatic
Distribution
Range
Known from five counties across two states.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Florida, Georgia
Counties
- Florida
- Hamilton, Holmes, Jackson, Washington
- Georgia
- Walker
Conservation and management
IUCN Red List
LC Least Concern
Assessed in 2013.
NatureServe
G5 Secure
National ranks
- Canada
- N5 Secure
- United States
- N5 Secure
Subnational ranks
- Saskatchewan
- S3 Vulnerable
- Quebec
- S5 Secure
- Prince Edward Island
- SNA Not Applicable
- British Columbia
- SNA Not Applicable
- Nova Scotia
- S5 Secure
- Manitoba
- S5 Secure
- Ontario
- S5 Secure
- New Brunswick
- S5 Secure
- New Mexico
- SNA Not Applicable
- Delaware
- S5 Secure
- Florida
- SNR Unranked
- Ohio
- S5 Secure
- Iowa
- S3 Vulnerable
- Wisconsin
- S5 Secure
- District of Columbia
- S5 Secure
- Vermont
- S5 Secure
- Illinois
- S3 Vulnerable
- California
- SNA Not Applicable
- Kentucky
- S4 Apparently Secure
- South Dakota
- SU Unrankable
- Colorado
- SNA Not Applicable
- Nevada
- SNA Not Applicable
- Rhode Island
- S5 Secure
- Georgia
- S5 Secure
- Maine
- S5 Secure
- New Hampshire
- S5 Secure
- Indiana
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Minnesota
- SNR Unranked
- Texas
- SNA Not Applicable
- Louisiana
- SNA Not Applicable
- New York
- S5 Secure
- Kansas
- SNA Not Applicable
- North Dakota
- SNR Unranked
- Michigan
- S2 Imperiled
- Alabama
- S5 Secure
- North Carolina
- S5 Secure
- Missouri
- S3 Vulnerable
- Nebraska
- SNA Not Applicable
- Oregon
- SNA Not Applicable
- Washington
- SNA Not Applicable
- Arizona
- SNA Not Applicable
- Oklahoma
- SH Possibly Extirpated
- Virginia
- S5 Secure
- Mississippi
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Idaho
- SNA Not Applicable
- West Virginia
- S2 Imperiled
- Massachusetts
- S5 Secure
- Maryland
- S5 Secure
- Arkansas
- S2 Imperiled
- Tennessee
- S3 Vulnerable
- Pennsylvania
- S5 Secure
- South Carolina
- S5 Secure
- New Jersey
- S5 Secure
- Connecticut
- S5 Secure
State and federal status
Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act
References
- Eigenmann, C.H. 1897. The Amblyopsidae, the blind fish of America. Report of the British Association for the Advacement of Science 1897: 685–686. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30118215.
- Franz, R., Bauer, J. & Morris, T. 1994. Review of biologically significant caves and their faunas in Florida and south Georgia. Brimleyana 20: 1–109. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/229726.
- Morris, T.L. 2006. A biological inventory of aquifer caves in Florida with special emphasis on troglobitic crustaceans and salamanders. Final report S0057 to Florida Department of Environmental Regulation. Karst Environmental Services, Inc., High Springs, Florida, USA. 44 pp.
- Poucher, S. 2011. A Field Guide to the Critters of Florida's Springs. National Speleological Society, Huntsville, Alabama, USA. 124 pp. ISBN 978–1-879961–42–5.
- Poucher, S. 2022. Wildlife of Florida's Springs. An Illustrated Guide to over 150 Species. Pineapple Press, Palm Beach, Florida, USA. 196 pp. ISBN 9780000000000.
- Walsh, S.J. 2001. Freshwater macrofauna of Florida karst habitats. Proceedings of the 2001 U.S. Geological Survey Karst Interest Group, USGS Water-Resources Investigations Report 01–4011: 78–88. https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/kip_talks/101/.
- Zigler, K.S., Niemiller, M.L., Stephen, C.D.R., Ayala, B.N., Milne, M.A., Gladstone, N.S., Engel, A.S., Jensen, J.B., Camp, C.D., Ozier, J.C. & Cressler, A. 2020. Biodiversity from caves and other subterranean habitats of Georgia, USA. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 82: 125–167. doi:10.4311/2019LSC0125
How to cite this account
Ameiurus nebulosus (Lesueur, 1819). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-1489. https://cavebiology.org/species/ameiurus-nebulosus/ (accessed 7 September 2026).
Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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