Fauna Europaea : Taxon Details

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Taxonomy

Accepted name		Ameiurus nebulosus (Leseur 1819)

Taxonomic rank		Species

Taxonomic status		valid

Taxonomic comment		For more information, see http://www.fishbase.org/NomenClature/ScientificNameSearchList.cfm?Genus=Ameiurus&Species=nebulosus

Nomenclature and Synonyms

Genus group name(s)	Taxonomic comment
Ameiurus Rafinesque 1820 [genus]	For more information, see http://www.fishbase.org/NomenClature/ScientificNameSearchList.cfm?Genus=Ameiurus
no synonyms present in the database for this taxon

Species group name(s)	Original genus	Taxonomic comment
nebulosus Leseur 1819 [species]	Pimelodus	For more information, see http://www.fishbase.org/NomenClature/ScientificNameSearchList.cfm?Genus=Ameiurus&Species=nebulosus
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Taxonomic Hierarchy

Rank	Name
Kingdom	Animalia
Subkingdom	Eumetazoa
Phylum	Chordata
Subphylum	Vertebrata
Infraphylum	Gnathostomata
Class	Actinopterygii
Subclass	Neopterygii
Superorder	Teleostei
Order	Siluriformes
Family	Ictaluridae
Genus	Ameiurus
Species	*nebulosus*

Distribution

Experts

Name	Fauna Europaea status
Bailly, Dr Nicolas	group coordinator
Bailly, Dr Nicolas	taxonomic specialist

References

Accepted name:

Ameiurus nebulosus (Leseur 1819)

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