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Ameiurus melas
Black Bullhead
Badlands National Park
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Native
Abundance:	Unknown

Scientific Name with Authority:		Ameiurus melas (Rafinesque, 1820)
Park Preferred Common Name(s):
Park Synonyms:

Taxonomic Hierarchy:		Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Chordata, Subphylum Vertebrata, Order Siluriformes, Family Ictaluridae, Genus Ameiurus, Species Ameiurus melas


Park Tags:
ParkTag -


Threatened/Endangered Status:		50
State Species of Concern Status:
Ozone-sensitive Status:
NatureServe Global Rank:		G5
NatureServe State Rank:		SD: S5
Evidence:		0 Observations, 0 Vouchers, 2 Data Store References, 0 External Links


Other Parks Where Species is Listed:
Apostle Islands National Lakeshore	Bandelier National Monument
Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site	Big Thicket National Preserve
Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area	Blue Ridge Parkway
Buffalo National River	Canyonlands National Park
Capitol Reef National Park	Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area
Devils Tower National Monument	Dinosaur National Monument
Effigy Mounds National Monument	George Washington Carver National Monument
George Washington Memorial Parkway	Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
Grand Canyon National Park	Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Gulf Islands National Seashore	Herbert Hoover National Historic Site
Homestead National Historical Park	Hot Springs National Park
Indiana Dunes National Park	Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve
Lake Mead National Recreation Area	Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park
Mississippi National River and Recreation Areas	Missouri National Recreational River
Natchez Trace Parkway	Niobrara National Scenic River
Obed Wild and Scenic River	Ozark National Scenic Riverways
Pea Ridge National Military Park	Pipestone National Monument
Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway	Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks	Shiloh National Military Park
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore	Stones River National Battlefield
Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve	Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Vicksburg National Military Park	Voyageurs National Park
Washita Battlefield National Historic Site	Wilson's Creek National Battlefield
Wind Cave National Park


Last Modified Date:	7/21/2005

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 10/11/2025 8:31:05 AM

NatureServe Global Rank and State Rank

NatureServe. 2017. NatureServe Web Service. Arlington, VA. U.S.A. Available http://services.natureserve.org. Accessed: 12/4/2017. Updated quarterly.

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