#2157 · 🐟 fish

Black Bullhead

🇳🇱 Zwarte dwergmeerval ·Ameiurus melas

LCleast concern 🐟 Fish 📍 in the Netherlands (introduced)

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Thomas Shahan · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © misel-jelic · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © The Species I See · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Nathan Grant · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Sam Kieschnick · CC BY 4.0
6. © Christian Schwarz · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Oklahoma, US:© Thomas Shahan · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. 78641, Leander, TX, US:© alexander_b_west · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Missouri City, TX, USA:© gtguy · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Vila Franca de Xira, Portugal:© Luís Lourenço · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

what is it?

The black bullhead or black bullhead catfish ( Ameiurus melas ) is a species of bullhead catfish. Like other bullhead catfish, it has the ability to thrive in waters that are low in oxygen, brackish, turbid and/or very warm. It also has barbels located near its mouth, a broad head, spiny fins and no scales. It can be identified from other bullheads as the barbels are black, and it has a tan crescent around the tail. Its caudal...

base stats

NL sightings 2iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 4,310iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).