Ameiurus melas (black bullhead): morphological characteristics of new introduced species and its comparison with Ameiurus nebulosus (brown bullhead)

Rutkayová, Jitka; Biskup, Roman; Harant, Radovan; Šlechta, V.; Koščo, Ján

doi:10.1007/s11160-012-9274-6

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“…Spain, Germany, England, France, the Netherlands, Belgium and Austria) in the second half of the 19th century (Welcomme, 1988;Elvira & Almodóvar, 2001;Copp et al, 2005). Currently, according to many sources listed by Rutkayová, Biskup, Harant, Šlechta, and Koščo (2013), A. nebulosus has been reported in 37 European countries. Information about its occurrence is still limited, although several authors report that in some places it can create stable populations and continue to be a significant part of the fish fauna (Holčík, 1991;Keith & Allardi, 1998;Rechulicz, Płaska, Tarkowska-Kukuryk, Mieczan, & Pęczuła, 2015).…”

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Rechulicz¹,

Plaska²

2019

Turk. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci.

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The alien fish species brown bullhead (Ameiurus nebulosus) has had a direct impact on native fish species through competition for food and predation in European water bodies. The aim of the study was to determine the diversity, frequency of occurrence and abundance of types of food in the stomachs of 278 individuals of A. nebulosus from seven lakes in Central-Eastern Europe with different trophic status. Altogether, 20 types of food (including taxa) in the diet of A. nebulosus were found and the most frequently eaten were detritus, Chironomidae, plants and selected taxa of macrofauna. In the diet of fish from lakes with higher trophic status the higher share of detritus and the lower number of type of food were noted. Fish in the diet were present only in brown bullhead from two lakes, but in the other lakes in the diet, fish scales were reported. The present study shows that A. nebulosus in the lakes of Central-Eastern Europe is an opportunist and the composition of its diet is strictly dependent on habitat. In addition, due to its flexibility, this alien species can easily adapt its food preferences to potential food resources in occupied water bodies.

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2019

Turk. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci.

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“…Possible reasons for the success of this invasion of the brown bullhead populations are their potential to survive in sediment during short periods of drought, a high degree of parental care (Blumer, 1985), and also a lack of natural enemies due their ability to erect dorsal and pectoral spines as a defense against predators (Scott and Crossman, 1973;Kornijów, 2001;Moldowan et al, 2015), and their tolerance of a variety of environmental stressors such as contaminants (Pyron et al, 2001) and very low oxygen concentration (less than 0.2 mg L -1 ). According to many sources cited by Rutkayova et al (2013), the brown bullhead is found in many European countries. As reported by Holčík (1991), in water bodies in many regions, it creates a stable population and has a large share in the fish fauna.…”

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The invasive Ameiurus nebulosus (Lesueur, 1819) as a permanent part of the fish fauna in selected reservoirs in Central Europe: long-term study of three shallow lakes

Rechulicz¹,

Płaska²

2018

Turk J Zool

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The invasive brown bullhead (Ameiurus nebulosus (Lesueur, 1918)) has been present in Europe since the late 19th century, but there is still a lack of reliable information about its distribution in Europe and the condition of its population. A long-term study (from 2000 to 2011) in three shallow lakes in Central Europe (eastern Poland) was carried out to determine the occurrence of the brown bullhead and its participation in the fish community. The brown bullhead was present in almost all the sampling fishing in all the lakes studied (C i = 72%-82%). Its mean abundance and share in the fish biomass ranged from 4.2% to 13.6% and from 9.4% to 18.9%, respectively. The relative numbers of the brown bullheads ranged from 6.4 to 9.1 NPUE (ind. net -1 12 h -1 ) and relative biomass from 197.9 to 430.2 WPUE (g net -1 12 h -1 ). In total, the brown bullheads with a total length from 12 to 20 cm were the most common in the surveyed lakes. The results showed that the brown bullhead, because of the constancy of occurrence and the size class structure of specimens, had stable populations in the selected lakes in Poland.

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“…These species are native to the North American continent and were first introduced into France from the Mississippi Basin in 1871 ( Spillmann, 1961 ; Vinginder, 2003 ) for fish ponds and aquaria. In 1885, further shipments arrived in Germany as well and subsequent introductions may also have taken place since then ( Pintér, 1976 ; Rutkayová et al, 2013 ).…”

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“…The presence of Ameiurus nebulosus and black bullheads in the Transcarpathian region of Ukraine was demonstrated in 2014 by a detailed morphological analysis ( Movchan, Talabishka & Velikopolskiy, 2014 ). The Ameiurus natalis appeared and formed European populations only in Italy after it was introduced in 1906 ( Wilhelm, 1999 ; Rutkayová et al, 2013 ).…”

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“…With the spreading of the Ameiurus melas , the introgressive hybridization of the two species, based on morphological examination, was also assumed ( Harka & Pintér, 1990 ). However, the morphological identification of such hybrids, or even the pure species proved to be challenging, even for experienced, and well-trained taxonomists ( Rutkayová et al, 2013 ). Phenotypic traits have long been used to classify organisms ( Lindsey, 1963 ; Specziár, Bercsényi & Müller, 2009 ; Rutkayová et al, 2013 ), but later the morphometry ( Rohlf, 1990 ) and the geometric morphometry ( Ibañez, Cowx & O’Higgins, 2007 ) offered more detailed method for identification of species and hybrid specimens.…”

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Species-specific markers provide molecular genetic evidence for natural introgression of bullhead catfishes in Hungary

Béres

Sipos

Müller

et al. 2017

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Since three bullhead catfish species were introduced to Europe in the late 19th century, they have spread to most European countries. In Hungary, the brown bullhead (Ameiurus nebulosus) was more widespread in the 1970s–1980s, but the black bullhead (Ameiurus melas) has gradually supplanted since their second introduction in 1980. The introgressive hybridization of the two species has been presumed based on morphological examinations, but it has not previously been supported by genetic evidence. In this study, 11 different Hungarian habitats were screened with a new species-specific nuclear genetic, duplex PCR based, marker system to distinguish the introduced catfish species, Ameiurus nebulosus, Ameiurus melas, and Ameiurus natalis, as well as the hybrids of the first two. More than 460 specimens were analyzed using the above markers and additional mitochondrial sequence analyses were also conducted on >25% of the individuals from each habitat sampled. The results showed that only 7.9% of the specimens from two habitats belonged to Ameiurus nebulosus, and 92.1% were classified as Ameiurus melas of all habitats, whereas the presence of Ameiurus natalis was not detected. Two specimens (>0.4%) showed the presence of both nuclear genomes and they were identified as hybrids of Ameiurus melas and Ameiurus nebulosus. An additional two individuals showed contradicting results from the nuclear and mitochondrial assays as a sign of a possible footprint of introgressive hybridization that might have happened two or more generations before. Surprisingly, the level of hybridization was much smaller than expected based on the analyses of the North American continent’s indigenous stock from the hybrid zones. This phenomenon has been observed in several invasive fish species and it is regarded as an added level of complexity in the management of their rapid adaptation.

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Ameiurus melas (black bullhead): morphological characteristics of new introduced species and its comparison with Ameiurus nebulosus (brown bullhead)

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The invasive Ameiurus nebulosus (Lesueur, 1819) as a permanent part of the fish fauna in selected reservoirs in Central Europe: long-term study of three shallow lakes

Species-specific markers provide molecular genetic evidence for natural introgression of bullhead catfishes in Hungary

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