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Ameiurus nebulosus

Invasive

Brown Bullhead

Brown Bullhead

Common Names

DEZwergwels

ENBrown Bullhead

PT-BRBagre-americano

ROSomn pitic

ZH矮鲶鱼

Habitat

Warm standing and slowly flowing waters; non-native (invasive).

Occurrence regions

Baden-Württemberg Bayern Berlin Brandenburg Bremen Hamburg Hessen Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Niedersachsen Nordrhein-Westfalen Rheinland-Pfalz Saarland Sachsen Sachsen-Anhalt Schleswig-Holstein Thüringen auvergne-rhone-alpes bourgogne-franche-comte bretagne centre-val-de-loire corse grand-est hauts-de-france ile-de-france normandie nouvelle-aquitaine occitanie pays-de-la-loire provence-alpes-cote-d-azur

Maximum Size

40 cm

Minimum Catch Size

No minimum size

Closed Season

No closed season

Category

Common

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Population stable, no immediate threat.

Distinguishing Features

Scaleless body, eight barbels, broad head, serrated dorsal fin rays.

Waters

Lac d'Annecy Lac de Serre-Ponçon Lac du Bourget Étang de Berre Étang de Thau Ammersee Bodensee Chiemsee Finowkanal Main-Donau-Kanal Mittellandkanal Müritz Oder-Havel-Kanal Scharmützelsee Schwielochsee Senftenberger See Starnberger See Steinhuder Meer Étang de Cazaux-Sanguinet

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