Brown bullhead: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the brown bullhead lives – recorded in 5 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Ameiurus nebulosus
Group	Bony fish
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	5 countries
Continents	Europe, North America
Class	Ray-finned fish
Order	Siluriformes
Family	Ictaluridae

Where does the brown bullhead live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the brown bullhead in 5 countries and territories across Europe and North America. In Belgium, Canada, Germany, Poland it is listed as introduced (GRIIS checklists via GBIF).

United States
Belgium (introduced)
Germany (introduced)
Canada (introduced)
Poland (introduced)

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the brown bullhead endangered?

The brown bullhead’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the brown bullhead?

The brown bullhead (Ameiurus nebulosus) is a ray-finned fish in the order Siluriformes and the family Ictaluridae, genus Ameiurus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the brown bullhead

The brown bullhead (Ameiurus nebulosus) is a fish of the family Ictaluridae that is widely distributed in North America. It is a species of bullhead catfish and is similar to the black bullhead (Ameiurus melas) and yellow bullhead (Ameiurus natalis). It was originally described as Pimelodus nebulosus by Charles Alexandre Lesueur in 1819, and is also referred to as Ictalurus nebulosus.

The brown bullhead is also widely known as the "mud pout", "horned pout", "hornpout", or simply "mud cat", a name also used with the other bullhead species.

The brown bullhead is important as a clan symbol of the Ojibwe people. In their tradition, the bullhead or wawaazisii is one of six beings that came out of the sea to form the original clans.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Brown bullhead (revision 1366299584), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q833957 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).