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Mudcat

Ameiurus nebulosus (Lesueur, 1819)

Status not recordedbony fish

The mudcat (Ameiurus nebulosus) is a species in the family Ictaluridae, order Siluriformes.

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Quick facts about the mudcat

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the mudcat live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the mudcat as introduced in 30 countries, and flagged as invasive in 13 of them.

  1. Belarusinvasive
  2. Chileinvasive
  3. Germanyinvasive
  4. Hungaryinvasive
  5. Indonesiainvasive
  6. Italyinvasive
  7. Mexicoinvasive
  8. Polandinvasive
  9. Romaniainvasive
  10. Slovakiainvasive
  11. Sloveniainvasive
  12. Switzerlandinvasive
  13. Ukraineinvasive
  14. Austria
  15. Belgium
  16. Bosnia & Herzegovina
  17. Bulgaria
  18. Canada
  19. China
  20. Croatia
  21. Czechia
  22. Denmark
  23. Iran
  24. Luxembourg
Show 6 more countries
  1. Montenegro
  2. New Zealand
  3. Russia
  4. Serbia
  5. Sweden
  6. Vietnam

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the mudcat endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the mudcat classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderSiluriformes
  5. familyIctaluridae
  6. genusAmeiurus
  7. SpeciesAmeiurus nebulosus (Lesueur, 1819)

Synonyms Ameirus nebulosus, Ameiurus lacustris, Ameiurus nebulosus marmoratus, Ameiurus vulgaris, Amiurus mispilliensis, Amiurus nebulosus, Amiurus vulgaris, Gronias nigrilabris, Ictalurus nebucosus, Ictalurus nebulosus, Ictalurus nebulosus marmoratus, Ictalurus nebulosus nebulosus, Ictalurus nebulosus pannonicus, Pimelodus atrarius, Pimelodus dekayi, Pimelodus felis, Pimelodus hoyi, Pimelodus marmoratus, Pimelodus nebulosus, Pimelodus pullus, Pimelodus vulgaris, Pimelodus vulpeculus, Silurus coenosus, Silurus nigrescens

Other names and names in other languages (52)
  • Brown bulheadEnglish
  • Brown bullheadEnglish
  • Brown bullhead catfishEnglish
  • Common bullheadEnglish
  • Common catfishEnglish
  • Horned poutEnglish
  • HornpoutEnglish
  • Marbled bullheadEnglish
  • MinisterEnglish
  • Northern brown bullheadEnglish
  • Red catEnglish
  • Speckled bullheadEnglish
  • Сомік амерыканскіBelarusian
  • 褐棕真鮰Chinese
  • sumeček americkýCzech
  • dværgmalleDanish
  • ZwergwelsGerman
  • Pez gatoSpanish
  • pruun kärpsägaEstonian
  • piikkimonniFinnish
  • barbette bruneFrench
  • törpeharcsaHungarian
  • Pesce gattoItalian
  • 북미갈색동자개Korean
  • dvergmalleNorwegian Bokmål
  • bruine dwergmeervalDutch
  • dvergmalleNorwegian Nynorsk
  • WawaazisiiOjibwa
  • Sumik KarłowatyPolish
  • Bagre-touro-castanhoPortuguese
  • Somn piticRomanian
  • Kanalnyi somikRussian
  • sumček hnedýSlovak
  • peshku mace kafeAlbanian
  • ТерпанSerbian
  • DvärgmalSwedish
  • Kedi yayın balığıTurkish
  • Сомик коричневийUkrainian
  • 雲斑鮰Chinese
  • 石紋棕真鮰Chinese
  • 石纹棕真鮰Chinese
  • Brun dværgmalleDanish
  • Brauner KatzenwelsGerman
  • KatzenwelsGerman
  • Bagre cabeza de toro de Estados UnidosSpanish
  • Barbú toritoSpanish
  • barbotte bruneFrench
  • Bruine Amerikaanse dwergmeervalDutch
  • Bici-cu-coarneRomanian
  • Somn americanRomanian
  • американский сомикRussian
  • brun dvärgmalSwedish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the mudcat

Other species in the same genus Ameiurus.

Yellow cat

Ameiurus natalis

IctaluridaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the mudcat an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the mudcat as invasive in 13 countries, including Belarus, Chile, Germany, Hungary and Indonesia. It lists it as introduced in 30 in all.

What kind of animal is the mudcat?

The mudcat (Ameiurus nebulosus) belongs to the family Ictaluridae in the order Siluriformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-13. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Mudcat (Ameiurus nebulosus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/mudcat

MLA

“Mudcat (Ameiurus nebulosus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/mudcat.

BibTeX
@misc{mudcat_2026,
  title = {Mudcat (Ameiurus nebulosus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/mudcat},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-13}
}