Species: Ameiurus natalis
Yellow Bullhead
Species
Show on Lists
Encyclopedia of Puget Sound
Classification
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Craniata
Class
Actinopterygii
Order
Siluriformes
Family
Ictaluridae
Genus
Ameiurus
NatureServe
Classification
Other Global Common Names
barbotte jaune
Informal Taxonomy
Animals, Vertebrates - Fishes - Bony Fishes - North American Freshwater Catfishes
Formal Taxonomy
Animalia - Craniata - Actinopterygii - Siluriformes - Ictaluridae - Ameiurus - ; other authors regard them as synonymous.
Ecology and Life History
Habitat Type Description
Freshwater
Migration
false - false - false
Non-migrant
false
Locally Migrant
false
Food Comments
Young eat mainly entomostracans and insect larvae; adults eat a wide variety of living and dead plant and animal material (Becker 1983). Adults primarily piscivorous but also eat aquatic insect larvae, crustaceans, snails, and algae; immatures are generalists (Sublette et al. 1990).
Reproduction Comments
Spawns in spring and early summer. Eggs hatch in 5-10 days. Parent guards nest and compact school of young until they are about 50 mm long. Probably sexually mature at age of 2-3 yr.
Length
38
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G5
Global Status Last Reviewed
1996-09-19
Global Status Last Changed
1996-09-19
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
<img src="http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/servlet/GetMapGif?CA.ON=S4&CA.QC=S2&US.AL=S5&US.AZ=SE&US.AR=S4&US.CT=SE&US.DE=S3&US.DC=S4&US.FL=SNR&US.GA=S5&US.ID=SE&US.IL=S5&US.IN=S5&US.IA=S4&US.KS=S5&US.KY=S4&US.LA=S5&US.MD=S5&US.MA=SE&US.MI=S5&US.MN=SNR&US.MS=S5&US.MO=SNR&US.MT=SE&US.NN=SE&US.NE=S4&US.NV=SE&US.NH=SE&US.NJ=S5&US.NM=SE&US.NY=S5&US.NC=S5&US.ND=SU&US.OH=S5&US.OK=S5&US.OR=SE&US.PA=S5&US.RI=SE&US.SC=SNR&US.SD=S5&US.TN=S5&US.TX=S5&US.UT=SE&US.VT=S4&US.VA=S5&US.WA=SE&US.WV=S5&US.WI=S5" alt="Conservation Status Map" style="width: 475px; height: auto;" />
Global Range
H - >2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles) - H - Native throughout most of the eastern and central U.S. and adjacent southern Canada. Introduced widely outside native range.
Global Range Code
H
Global Range Description
>2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles)