Bullhead
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Fishes
- Certain sculpinSculpinA Sculpin is a fish that belongs to the order Scorpaeniformes, suborder Cottoidei and superfamily Cottoidea, that contains 11 families, 149 genera, and 756 species...
s, including:- European bullheadEuropean bullheadThe bullhead is a freshwater fish that is widely distributed in Europe, mainly in rivers. It is a member of the Cottidae family, a type of sculpin...
, Cottus gobio - Siberian bullheadSiberian bullheadThe alpine bullhead or Siberian bullhead is a species of freshwater fish in the Cottidae family of sculpins. It is found in Belarus, China, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, North Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden,...
, Cottus poecilopus - Norway bullheadNorway bullheadThe Norway bullhead is a coastal fish of the family Cottidae, found in Northern Europe.-Description:The Norway bullhead is a small fish that only grows to 7.4 cm in length. It has a row of bony knobs above the rough lateral line.It feeds on small crustaceans and fishes...
, Taurulus Liljeborgi
- European bullhead
- Catfish of the genus Ameiurus, including:
- Black bullheadBlack bullheadThe black bullhead, Ameiurus melas, is a species of bullhead catfish. Like other bullhead catfish, it has the ability to thrive in waters that are low in oxygen, brackish, turbid and/or very warm. It also has barbels located near its mouth, a broad head, spiny fins and no scales...
, Ameiurus melas - Brown bullheadBrown bullheadThe brown bullhead, Ameiurus nebulosus, is a fish of the Ictaluridae family that is widely distributed in North America. It is a species of bullhead catfish and is similar to the black bullhead and yellow bullhead...
, Ameiurus nebulosus - Yellow bullheadYellow bullheadThe yellow bullhead, is a species of bullhead catfish. Yellow bullhead are typically yellow-olive to slatey-black on the back and sometimes mottled depending on habitat. The sides are lighter and more yellowish while the underside of the head and body are bright yellow, yellow white, or bright...
, Ameiurus natalis
- Black bullhead
- Catfish of the genus PseudobagrusPseudobagrusPseudobagrus is a genus of catfishes of the family Bagridae.The two Coreobagrus species, C. brevicorpus and C. ichikiwai, are both treated in some recent literature as valid in Pseudobagrus...
, including:- Dianchi bullhead, Pseudobagrus medianalisPseudobagrus medianalisThe Dianchi bullhead, Pseudobagrus medianalis, is a species of catfish in the family Bagridae, named for Lake Dian. It is endemic to China.-References:#...
- Korean bullhead, Pelteobagrus fulvidracoPelteobagrus fulvidracoPelteobagrus fulvidraco, common name yellowhead catfish, is a species of catfish in the family Bagridae.It is a common fish species found in the Yangtze River.- Parasites :...
(syn. Pseudobagrus fulvidraco) - Korean stumpy bullhead, Coreobagrus brevicorpus (syn. Pseudobagrus brevicorpus)
- Black bullhead, Pseudobagrus koreanus
- Dianchi bullhead, Pseudobagrus medianalis
- Other catfishCatfishCatfishes are a diverse group of ray-finned fish. Named for their prominent barbels, which resemble a cat's whiskers, catfish range in size and behavior from the heaviest and longest, the Mekong giant catfish from Southeast Asia and the second longest, the wels catfish of Eurasia, to detritivores...
es, including:- African bullheadAfrican bullheadThe African bullhead is a species of fish in the Claroteidae family. It is found in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, and Zambia. Its natural habitat is freshwater lakes.-References:...
, Lophiobagrus cyclurus - King's bullhead, Liobagrus kingi
- African bullhead
- Bullhead sharkBullhead sharkThe bullhead sharks are a small order of basal modern sharks . There are nine living species in a single genus, Heterodontus, in the family Heterodontidae. All are relatively small, with the largest species being just in adult length...
s - Bullhead triplefinBullhead triplefinThe bullhead triplefin, Trianectes bucephalus, is a fish of the family Tripterygiidae and only member of the genus Trianectes, found in the eastern Indian Ocean around southern Australia, from Western Australia to Victoria and Tasmania at depths down to 5 m. Its length is up to about 7 cm.The...
, Trianectes bucephalus - Bullhead minnow, Pimephales vigilaxPimephales vigilaxPimephales vigilax, also known as the bullhead minnow, is a species of freshwater demersal fish. It is one of the 324 fish species found in Tennessee.-External links:*...
- Bullhead fry, Hypoatherina harringtonensis
- Bullhead notothens, Notothenia coriiceps
Places
- Bullhead City, ArizonaBullhead City, ArizonaBullhead City is a city located on the Colorado River in Mohave County, Arizona, USA, roughly south of Las Vegas, Nevada, and directly across the Colorado River from Laughlin, Nevada, whose casinos and ancillary services supply much of the employment for Bullhead City...
- Bullhead, South DakotaBullhead, South DakotaBullhead is a census-designated place in Corson County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 348 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Bullhead is located at ....
- Bullhead Dam, on the Colorado River between Arizona and Nevada
Media
- Bullhead (album)Bullhead (album)Bullhead is an album by the Melvins released in 1991 through Boner Records. This album is notable for having longer song lengths than previous Melvins albums...
, by the Melvins - Bullhead (film)Bullhead (film)Bullhead is a 2011 Belgian drama film written and directed by Michaël R. Roskam and starring Matthias Schoenaerts. It tells the story of the young Limburg cattle farmer Jacky Vanmarsenille who is approached by an unscrupulous veterinarian to make a shady deal with a notorious West-Flemish beef...
, a Belgian film by Michaël R. Roskam with Matthias Schoenaerts
Other uses
- Tamiya Bullhead, a toy
- Bullhead rail, a particular cross-section of rail used in railway track construction
- Bullheading, an operation of placing a column of heavy fluid into a well bore to prevent the flow of reservoir fluids from the well
- The Bull's HeadThe Bull's HeadThe Bull's Head, Barnes, often referred to as "The Bull", is a London jazz club that was one of the first and most important jazz venues in Britain...
, a London jazz club - USS Bullhead (SS-332)USS Bullhead (SS-332)USS Bullhead , a Balao-class submarine, was the very last US Navy ship sunk by enemy action during World War II, probably on the same day that the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. She was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the bullhead...
, the last US Navy ship sunk by enemy action during World War II