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Black Madtom

Noturus funebris

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alabama.January 125, February 136, March 143, April 250, May 176, June 115, July 95, August 91, September 121, October 128, November 102, December 105.
United States2,863
Alabama1,587
Mississippi518
Louisiana147
Georgia126
Kentucky1
Indiana1

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
GenusMadtoms · Noturus

Sources

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Practise Black Madtom with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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