<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>One specimen of the non-native ictalurid catfish the black bullhead, <italic>Ameiurus melas</italic>, was found in the collection of the Museum and Institute of Zoology of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw, Poland. This finding strongly supports the hypothesis that the black bullhead was co-introduced into Polish waters with the brown bullhead, <italic>Ameiurus nebulosus</italic>, at the end of the nineteenth century. The species might be distributed widely throughout Poland, thus careful investigation on the identity of the ictalurid catfish population throughout the country should be carried out.</p></abstract>

One specimen of the non-native ictalurid catfish the black bullhead, Ameiurus melas, was found in the collection of the Museum and Institute of Zoology of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw, Poland. This finding strongly supports the hypothesis that the black bullhead was co-introduced into Polish waters with the brown bullhead, Ameiurus nebulosus, at the end of the nineteenth century. The species might be distributed widely throughout Poland, thus careful investigation on the identity of the ictalurid catfish population throughout the country should be carried out.

When did the black bullhead, <italic>Ameiurus melas</italic> (Teleostei: Ictaluridae), arrive in Poland?

Department of Ichthyobiology and Fisheries, University of Agriculture in Kraków, Prof. Spiczakowa 6, 30-199 Kraków-Mydlniki, Poland

Department of Ecology, University of Prešov, Slovakia

Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw, Poland

Fisheries & Aquatic Life

When did the black bullhead,  (Teleostei: Ictaluridae), arrive in Poland?

One specimen of the non-native ictalurid catfish the black bullhead, Ameiurus melas, was found in the collection of the Museum and Institute of Zoology of the...

When did the black bullhead, Ameiurus melas (Teleostei: Ictaluridae), arrive in Poland?

Published Online: Nov 19, 2010

Page range: 183 - 186

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10086-010-0021-0

Keywords
alien fish, Ictaluridae, introduction, invasive species, xenodiversity

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