The Bullpout ; Common Catfish 



A. 24 to 27. Body rather short and chubby; head short and 

 broad ; mouth wide, the jaws subequal. Colour, yellowish, more 

 or less clouded with darker. Length 12 to 18 inches. 



Bullpout; Common Catfish 



Ameiurus vulgaris (Thompson) 



Vermont io Minnesota and Illinois, chiefly northward; not 

 rare, although by no means the common species as its name 

 would denote. 



This species closely resembles the common bullhead, not only 

 in structure and general appearance, but in habits as well. It is 

 frequently taken in Lake Champlain and the smaller lakes and 

 ponds of that region, and is of considerable value as a pan-fish. 



Head 3^ to 4; depth 4^ to 5; A. 20. Body moderately 

 long; head longer than broad, rather narrow forward; mouth 

 wide; barbels long; profile rather steep, evenly convex, the dorsal 

 region more or less less elevated; lower jaw more or less distinctly 

 projecting; in other respects scarcely distinct from the common 

 bullhead with which it may intergrade. Colour, dark reddish 

 brown or blackish. Length 18 inches. 



Common Bullhead; Horned Pout 



Ameiurus nebulosus (Le Sueur) 



Head 3! in length of body; depth 4 to 4^; eye 7^- in head; 

 snout 2\; D. 1,7; A. 21 or 22. Body rather more elongate than 

 in the yellow cat or in the black bullhead; head heavy; upper 

 jaw usually distinctly longer than the lower ; humeral process more 

 than half length of pectoral spine, which is rather long; dorsal in- 

 serted somewhat nearer adipose fin than tip of snout; base of anal 

 fin about \ length of body. Colour, dark yellowish-brown, more 

 or less clouded with darker; sometimes the colour is quite black. 

 Length a foot to 18 inches. 



This species ranges from Maine westward through the Great 

 Lakes to North Dakota, and southward to Florida and Texas. In 

 the East and North it is the common bullhead or horned pout; in 

 Pennsylvania it is the Schuylkill cat; and everywhere, the small 

 catfish. It is usually abundant in every pond or small lake and in 



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