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Mountain madtom

Noturus eleutherus

Summary 2

The mountain madtom (Noturus eleutherus) is a North American species of temperate freshwater fish belonging to the Noturus genus of the Ictaluridae family. The species was first described to the United States National Museum by Professors Jordan and Gilbert in the Big Pigeon River. The mountain madtom has a body that is characterized as being robust, and by the toxic sting that is associated with their pectoral and dorsal spines. Currently, the Pigeon River Recovery Project...

Distribution 3

Global Range: Ouachita River drainage, Arkansas; Red River drainage, Oklahoma and Arkansas; White and St. Francis river drainages, Missouri and Arkansas; Mississippi River, western Tennessee; Ohio River basin from northwestern Pennsylvania to eastern Illinois, south to Tennessee and northern Georgia; recently collected in Alabama (Mettee et al. 1996); locally common; rare in main channels of Mississippi and Ohio rivers (Page and Burr 1991).

Habitat and ecology 4

Habitat and Ecology

Small to large rivers, in fast flowing, clear water sections over sand, gravel, and rubble, often near vegetation. Under rocks, in crevices, or under other cover by day. May move into moderate flow areas to spawn; eggs are laid under rocks (Starnes and Starnes 1985).

Systems
  • Freshwater

Iucn red list assessment 5


Red List Category
LC
Least Concern

Red List Criteria

Version
3.1

Year Assessed
2013

Assessor/s
NatureServe

Reviewer/s
Smith, K. & Darwall, W.R.T.

Contributor/s

Justification
Listed as Least Concern in view of the large extent of occurrence, large number of subpopulations, large population size, and lack of major threats. Trend over the past 10 years or three generations is uncertain but likely relatively stable, or the species may be declining but not fast enough to qualify for any of the threatened categories under Criterion A (reduction in population size).

Nature serve conservation status 6

Rounded Global Status Rank: G4 - Apparently Secure

Range description 7

Ouachita River drainage, Arkansas; Red River drainage, Oklahoma and Arkansas; White and St. Francis river drainages, Missouri and Arkansas; Mississippi River, western Tennessee; Ohio River basin from northwestern Pennsylvania to eastern Illinois, south to Tennessee and northern Georgia; recently collected in Alabama (Mettee et al. 1996); locally common; rare in main channels of Mississippi and Ohio rivers (Page and Burr 1991).

Sources and Credits

  1. (c) Fishes of Georgia Photo Gallery, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), https://www.flickr.com/photos/georgiafishes/26814606215/
  2. Adapted by rkkessler from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noturus_eleutherus
  3. (c) NatureServe, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://eol.org/data_objects/28742891
  4. (c) International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/34603680
  5. (c) International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/34603677
  6. (c) NatureServe, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://eol.org/data_objects/28742887
  7. (c) International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/34603678

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