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Yellow Bullhead

Ameiurus natalis

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 359, February 369, March 583, April 1,142, May 2,194, June 1,028, July 774, August 700, September 736, October 603, November 377, December 336.
United States46,988
Canada9,234
Ontario9,202
Minnesota8,587
Texas6,417
Pennsylvania5,792
New York3,196
Oklahoma2,179
Wisconsin1,566
Alabama1,520

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • AquaticLives primarily in waterFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassRay-finned Fishes · Actinopterygii
OrderCatfishes · Siluriformes
FamilyNorth American Freshwater Catfishes · Ictaluridae
GenusBullheads · Ameiurus

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