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Flat Bullhead

Ameiurus platycephalus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in North Carolina.January 88, February 106, March 98, April 158, May 158, June 95, July 76, August 72, September 93, October 92, November 71, December 81.
United States2,702
North Carolina1,191
Georgia710
South Carolina574
Tennessee155
Virginia45
Alabama20
West Virginia2
Ohio1

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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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