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Ictalurus melas

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First observed: 1984 ** (Jansson 1994)
Taxon: Pisces
Origin: North America
Vector of introduction: stocking
Distribution in the Baltic Sea: -
Species status: established
Salinity in native habitats: Limnetic (Riede 2004)
Salinity in the Baltic Sea: -
Ecofunctional group: fish predacious
Ecological impact: community dominance (Feunteun, Marion 1994), competition, food-prey (Feunteun, Marion 1994), predation (Boeet 1980)
Impact on uses/resources: -

References:
Boeet P. 1980. Feeding of Catfish (Ictalurus melas Raf.) in the Lake of Creteil. Annales de Limnologie, Toulouse, 16(3): 255-270.

Feunteun E., Marion L. 1994. Assessment of grey heron predation on fish communities: The case of the largest European colony. Hydrobiologia, 279-280: 327-344.

Jansson K. 1994. Alien Species in the Marine Environment. Introductions to the Baltic sea and the Swedish West Coast. Solna, Swedish Environmental Protection Agency: 68pp.

Riede K. 2004. Global register of migratory species - from global to regional scales. Final Report of the R&D-Projekt 808 05 081. Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Bonn, Germany: pp.329

More information:
Ictalurus melas. In: FishBase
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The mark ** next to the year means, that only decade (sometimes even century) is known.