Ameiurus melas (Rafinesque, 1820)

最初命名為 Silurus melas:

• Rafinesque, Constantine Samuel. 1820. "Description of the Silures or catfishes of the River Ohio". Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature and the Arts. 9:48-52 (ffm00230)

同種異名 (2):

• Pimelodus catulus Girard, 1858, 其模式產地在 Arkansas River at Fort Smith, Arkansas, U.S.A. 鑑定者: Gilbert, 1998
• Pimelodus confinis Girard, 1859, 其模式產地在 Root River, near Racine, Racine County, Wisconsin, U.S.A. 鑑定者: La Rivers, 1994
• Pimelodus cupreoides Girard, 1859, 其模式產地在 Aux Plaines River, Cook County, Illinois, U.S.A. 鑑定者: Gilbert, 1998
• Ameiurus obesus Gill, 1861, 其模式產地在 Supposed to be from Nebraska, U.S.A. 鑑定者: La Rivers, 1994
• Amiurus brachyacanthus Cope, 1880, 其模式產地在 Wallace Creek, headwaters of Medina River, Bandera County, Texas, U.S.A. 鑑定者: Gilbert, 1998
• Amiurus cragini Gilbert, 1884, 其模式產地在 The Lake, at Garden City, Finney County, Kansas, U.S.A. 鑑定者: La Rivers, 1994