MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Ameiurus Rafinesque, 1820

WoRMS taxon details

Ameiurus Rafinesque, 1820

AphiaID

154198 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:154198)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Silurus lividus Rafinesque, 1820 accepted as Ameiurus natalis (Lesueur, 1819)

Parent

Ictaluridae Gill, 1861

Synonymised names

Ameirus · unaccepted (misspelling)

Amiurus Agassiz, 1846 · unaccepted (unjustified emendation)

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Species Ameiurus catus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Environment

~~marine~~, brackish, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Rafinesque, C. S. (1820). Fishes of the Ohio River. [Ichthyologia Ohiensis, Part 7]. Western Review and Miscellaneous Magazine: a monthly publ., devoted to literature and science, Lexington, KY. v. 2 (no. 6): 355-363. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Ameiurus Rafinesque, 1820. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=154198 on 2025-04-01

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-04-18 08:19:08Z

created

Appeltans, Ward

2013-03-07 14:11:33Z

checked

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Rafinesque, C. S. (1820). Fishes of the Ohio River. [Ichthyologia Ohiensis, Part 7]. Western Review and Miscellaneous Magazine: a monthly publ., devoted to literature and science, Lexington, KY. v. 2 (no. 6): 355-363. [details]

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]