TN00175 BROWN BULLHEAD ICTALURUS NEBULOSUS
| Species ID | TN00175 |
| Name | BULLHEAD, BROWN |
| Other Common Names | |
| Category | 01 Fish |
| Elcode | |
| Phylum | CHORDATA |
| Subphylum | |
| Class | OSTEICHTHYES |
| Subclass | |
| Suborder | |
| Order | SILURIFORMES |
| Family | ICTALURIDAE |
| Genus | ICTALURUS |
| Species | NEBULOSUS |
| Subspecies | |
| Authority | LESUEUR 1819 |
| Scientific Name | ICTALURUS NEBULOSUS |
Comments
Jenkins accepts that this species belongs in the genus Ameirus; formerly listed as Ictalurus nebulosus *4205*. AFS lists as Ictalurus and is used as standard *816*. TAXONOMY CONFUSED AND IN NEED OF REVISION; SUBSPECIFIC NAMES NOT ALWAYS USED, BUT 2 SUBSPECIES OFTEN RECOGNIZED: I. N. NEBULOSUS (NORTHERN) AND I. N. MARMORTUS (SOUTHERN), DIFFERING GREATLY INCOLOR PATTERNS *816* HYBRIDS BETWEEN BROWN AND BLACK BULLHEADS HAVE OCCURED *TN5176*