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Ameiurus serracanthus in USA (contiguous states)
Spotted bullhead

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Ameiurus serracanthus   (Yerger & Relyea, 1968)
Family:	Ictaluridae (North American freshwater catfishes)			picture (Amser_u0.jpg) by Sneegas, G.W.
Order:	Siluriformes  (catfish)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
FishBase name:	Spotted bullhead
Max. size:	28.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 5723)
Environment:	demersal
Climate:	subtropical; 33°N - 30°N
Global Importance:
Resilience:	Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Assuming Fec < 10,000)
Distribution:	North America: Gulf Coastal Plain in Suwannee, St. Marks, Ochlockonee, Apalachicola and St. Andrews Bay drainages of northern Florida, southern Georgia and southeastern Alabama in the USA.
Biology:	Occurs in deep rock-bottomed or sand-bottomed pools of small to medium swift rivers and impoundments
Threatened:	Not Evaluated, see IUCN Red List  , (Ref. 36508)
Dangerous:	harmless
Coordinator:
Main Ref:	Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr. 1991. (Ref. 5723)
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USA (contiguous states) country information
Common names:	Spotted bullhead		Ref:  Nelson, J.S., E.J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, L.T. Findley, C.R. Gilbert, R.N. Lea and J.D. Williams, 2004
Status:	endemic		Ref:  Jelks, H.L., S.J. Walsh, N.M. Burkhead, S. Contreras-Balderas, E. Díaz-Pardo, D.A. Hendrickson, J. Lyons, N.E. Mandrak, F. McCormick, J.S. Nelson, S.P> Platania, B.A. Porter, C.B. Renaud, J.J. Schmitter-Soto, E.B. Taylor and M.L. Warren, Jr., 2008
Salinity:	freshwater
Abundance:	occasional (usually not seen)		Ref:  Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 1991
Uses:	no uses
Comments:	Status of threat: vulnerable. Criteria: 1,4 (http://fisc.er.usgs.gov/afs/) (Ref. 81264).
States/Provinces:	Alabama (endemic) Florida (endemic) Georgia (endemic)
States/Provinces Complete?:	No
Country Information:	www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/us.html
National  Fisheries  Authority:	www.nmfs.gov
Occurrences:	Occurrences    Point map
Main Ref:	Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 1991
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	Modified:  Torres, Armi G.	Entered:  Froese, Rainer

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