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 Drumlike fishes, cods, trouts, and
catfishes
Yellow Bullhead
Ameiurus
natalis
DescriptionTo 18" (46 cm); 3 lbs (1.4 kg).
Robust, heavy; back dark olive-brown; sides yellow-brown, not
mottled; belly yellowish; fins dusky to olive. Head thick, long,
rounded above; eyes small; mouth terminal; 4 pairs of barbels, pair
on chin yellow to white. Serrations on rear edge of pectoral fin
spine; 24-27 anal fin rays, base long, about equal to head length;
adipose fin present; caudal fin truncate to rounded.
Related SpeciesThe Yellow Bullhead is a good
sport and food fish. It is active at night, searching out food along
the bottom by relying on its barbels and sense of smell.
HabitatPools and backwaters of sluggish streams,
ponds, and lakes; sometimes in slow riffles; usually in areas with
heavy vegetation.
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