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Ameiurus melas
Black Bullhead
Mississippi National River and Recreation Areas
			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:
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Threatened/Endangered Status:		50
State Species of Concern Status:
Ozone-sensitive Status:
NatureServe Global Rank:		G5
NatureServe State Rank:		MN: SNR
Evidence:		6 Observations, 11 Vouchers, 4 Data Store References, 0 External Links


Other Parks Where Species is Listed:
Apostle Islands National Lakeshore	Badlands National Park
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	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:	2/10/2004

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 10/11/2025 6:32:09 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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