Description

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Common Names

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Flad dværgmalle , Danish , Denmark

Flat bullhead , English , USA

Flat bullhead , English , Global

平头鮰 , Mandarin Chinese , China

平头鮰 , Mandarin Chinese , China

平頭鮰 , Mandarin Chinese , China

扁头真鮰 , Mandarin Chinese , China

扁頭真鮰 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Siluriformes

Family: Ictaluridae

Genus: Ameiurus

Species: Ameiurus platycephalus (Girard, 1859)

Climate Zone

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Temperate

Location

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North America: Atlantic Piedmont and Coastal Plain from Roanoke River drainage in Virginia, USA to Altamaha River drainage in Georgia, USA.

Biology

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Occurs in mud-bottomed, sand-bottomed, or rock-bottomed pools of small to large rivers. Also found in lakes, impoundments and ponds (Ref. 54507, 10294). Feeds on aquatic insects, small fishes, and snails (Ref. 10294).

Habitat

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demersal