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Stas & Lana, license: CC BY-NC 4.0, source: iNaturalist
Superclass:
Osteichthyes
Class:
Teleostei
Order:
Siluriformes
Family:
Ictaluridae
Genus:
Ameiurus
Species:
nebulosus
Common:
Brown bullhead
Climates:
Tropical
Temperate
Subtropical
Boreal
Waters:
Freshwater
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Regions:
Asia - Inland Waters
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North America - Inland Waters
South America - Inland Waters
Oceania - Inland Waters
Kaatz, I. M., Stewart, D. J., Rice, A. N., Lobel, P. S. 2010. Differences in Pectoral Fin Spine Morphology between Vocal and Silent Clades of Catfishes (Order Siluriformes): Ecomorphological Implications. Current Zoology, 56(1): 73-89.
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Species Identified
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Passive Feeding
Other Passive
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Kaatz, I. M. 1999. The Behavioral and Morphological Diversity of Acoustic Communication Systems in a Clade of Tropical Catfishes (Pisces: Siluriformes). PhD Dissertation, State University of New York.
Miano, J. P., Loesser-Casey, K. E., Fine, M. L. 2013. Description and Scaling of Pectoral Muscles in Ictalurid Catfishes. Journal of Morphology, 274(4): 467-477.
Kaatz, I. M., Stewart, D. J. 2012. Bioacoustic Variation of Swimbladder Disturbance Sounds in Neotropical Doradoid Catfishes (Siluriformes: Doradidae, Auchenipteridae): Potential Morphological Correlates. Current Zoology, 58(1): 171-188.
Anderson, K. A., Rountree, R., Juanes, F. 2005. Soniferous Fishes in Tidal Freshwater Tivoli Bay of the Hudson River. Final Reports of the Tilbot T. Polgar Fellowship Program (J. R. Waldman and W. C. Nieder, eds.). Hudson River Foundation.
Anderson, K. A., Rountree, R. A., Juanes, F. 2008. Soniferous Fishes in the Hudson River. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, 137(2): 616-626.
Rountree, R. A., Juanes, F., Bolgan, M. 2020. Temperate Freshwater Soundscapes: A Cacophony of Undescribed Biological Sounds Now Threatened by Anthropogenic Noise. PLoS ONE, 15(3).