Ameiurus nebulosus

Basic information
Scientific name	Ameiurus nebulosus	(No picture)
Common names	Brown Bullhead
Higher taxon	lctaluridae, Siluriformes, Actinopterygii
Natural range	East part of North America
Habitat	Under Construction.

Invasion information
Range in Japan	Not established in Japan
Origin	Unintroduced to Japan.
Date
Route
Impact	Potentially: predation on native species.
Regulation in Japan	Invasive alien species (Invasive Species Act)
Introduced range in other countries	Outside the natural distribution region of the United States and Canada, it is also established in European countries, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Chile, Iran, Russia, China and New Zealand.

Reference

Notes

Outline of alien species that was deemed appropriate for designation as Invasive alien species at a specialist meeting(Accessed on 2018-12-07)https://www.env.go.jp/press/files/jp/29584.pdf
(Proposal) Information and evaluations on alien species considered to require selection of invasive alien species.（Accessed on 2018-12-07）https://www.env.go.jp/nature/intro/4document/data/sentei/10/mat04.pdf

Possibly causing extensive damage to native ecosystems by predation and competition due to similar ecology to the channel catfish.