WoRMS name details

Ictalurus melas (Rafinesque, 1820)

154204  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:154204)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Gnathostomata (Infraphylum)
  6. Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
  7. Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
  8. Actinopteri (Superclass)
  9. Teleostei (Class)
  10. Siluriformes (Order)
  11. Ictaluridae (Family)
  12. Ictalurus (Genus)
  13. Ictalurus melas (Species)
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Rafinesque, C.S. (1820). Description of the Silures or catfishes of the River Ohio. <em>Q. J. Sci. Lit. Arts (R. Inst. Gr. Brit.).</em> 9:48-52. [details] 
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Ictalurus melas (Rafinesque, 1820). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=154204 on 2025-07-08
Date
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2005-04-18 08:19:08Z
created
Appeltans, Ward
2010-02-24 10:17:14Z
changed
Bailly, Nicolas
2021-08-24 10:27:47Z
changed
Bailly, Nicolas
2023-01-17 15:33:01Z
changed
Bailly, Nicolas

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Nomenclature

original description Rafinesque, C.S. (1820). Description of the Silures or catfishes of the River Ohio. <em>Q. J. Sci. Lit. Arts (R. Inst. Gr. Brit.).</em> 9:48-52. [details] 

basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details] 

basis of record Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
Unreviewed
Introduction This species has been introduced or released in Dutch waters. [details]
LanguageName 
Dutch zwarte dwergmeerval  [details]
English black bullhead  [details]
French barbette noire  [details]
German Zwergwels  [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (71 publications) 
To Fishbase 
To GenBank (474 nucleotides; 24608 proteins) 
To ITIS

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