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YELLOW
BULLHEAD
Ameiurus natalis
IDENTIFICATION
Barbels under mouth yellow
or creamy white.
Anal fi n rays 24–27.
Brown over entire fi sh with lighter belly.
INFORMATION
Average size:
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Average adult size is much smaller than the channel catfi sh. A master angler is 15 inches long or 2 lbs.
The Nebraska state record is 2 lbs. 4 oz.
Habitat:
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Commonly found in still, shallow and turbid waters with little or no aquatic vegetation. Can handle low
oxygen environments.
Range:
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Eastern half of the state, sporadically.
Fly-fi shing for catfi sh at Jenny Newman Lake
at Platte River State Park. JEFF KURRUS, NEBRASKALAND
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FISH KEY
CATFISH FAMILY