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Ameiurus melas (Rafinesque, 1820)

154205  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:154205)

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Species
Ameirus melas (Rafinesque, 1820) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Ameiurus melas melas (Rafinesque, 1820) · unaccepted (senior synonym)
Ictalurus melas melas (Rafinesque, 1820) · unaccepted (senior synonym)
Silurus melas Rafinesque, 1820 · unaccepted (synonym)

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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] 

(of Ictalurus melas (Rafinesque, 1820)) 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. Ameiurus melas (Rafinesque, 1820). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=154205 on 2025-06-16
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2005-04-18 08:19:08Z
created
2010-02-24 10:17:14Z
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2020-09-24 06:35:24Z
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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] 

original description (of Ictalurus melas (Rafinesque, 1820)) 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 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] 

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] 

Taxonomy

source of synonymy 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] 

Ecology

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] OpenAccess publication

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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Albanian peshku mace e zezë  [details]
Dutch zwarte dwergmeerval  [details]
English black bullhead  [details]
French barbotte noirbarbette noire [from synonym]  [details]
German Zwergwels [from synonym]  [details]
Spanish bagre torito negro  [details]