Vermilion Darter

Etheostoma chermocki

About This Fish

The Vermilion Darter is a federally endangered species that is restricted to seven miles of a single stream in the Black Warrior River System. This species has a wide range of spawning habitats, including gravel substrate and vegetation over silt. This may be the only endangered species in the Southeast that is also a city mascot.

Percidae >

Etheostoma

Alabama (AL)

Locust – 03160111

Literature

USFWS (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service). 2019. Vermilion Darter (Etheostoma chermocki) 5-year: review and summary. U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Jackson, Mississippi. https://ecos.fws.gov/docs/five_year_review/doc6203.pdf

USFWS (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service). 2011. Vermilion Darter (Etheostoma chermocki) 5-year: review and summary. U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Jackson, Mississippi. https://ecos.fws.gov/docs/five_year_review/doc3832.pdf

USFWS (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service). 2010. Endangered and threatened wildlife and plants; designation of critical habitat for the Vermilion Darter, final rule. Federal Register 75:75913-75931. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2010-12-07/pdf/2010-30420.pdf#page=1

Kuhajda, B.R., and R.A. Stiles. 2009. Etheostoma chermocki – Vermilion Darter, p. 15-16. In: The Desperate Dozen: Southeastern Freshwater Fishes on the Brink. B. R. Kuhajda, A. L. George, and J. D. Williams (eds.). Southeastern Fishes Council Proceedings 51:10-30.

Khudamrongsawat, J., L.S. Heath, H.E. Heath, and P.M. Harris. 2007. Microsatellite DNA primers for the endangered vermilion darter, Etheostoma chermocki, and cross‐species amplification in other darters (Percidae: Etheostoma). Molecular ecology notes, 7(5), 811-813. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1471-8286.2007.01712.x

Khudamrongsawat, J. 2007. Comparative study of life history and population structure of the endangered Vermilion Darter (Etheostoma chermocki) and its sister species, the Warrior Darter (E. bellator). Unpubl. Ph.D. diss., University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa. http://www.nanfa.org/education/conservation/nanfa_khudamrongsawat_report.pdf

Khudamrongsawat, J., and B.R. Kuhajda. 2007. Life history of the Warrior Darter (Etheostoma bellator) and comparison with the endangered Vermilion Darter (Etheostoma chermocki). Journal of Freshwater Ecology 22:241-248. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bernard_Kuhajda/publication/233189328_Life_History_of_the_Warrior_Darter_Etheostoma_bellator_and_Comparison_with_the_Endangered_Vermilion_Darter_Etheostoma_chermocki/links/53fb4d9f0cf20a4549706b01/Life-History-of-the-Warrior-Darter-Etheostoma-bellator-and-Comparison-with-the-Endangered-Vermilion-Darter-Etheostoma-chermocki.pdf

USFWS (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 2007. Recovery plan for the Vermilion Darter, Etheostoma chermocki. Atlanta, Georgia. https://ecos.fws.gov/docs/recovery_plan/070802.pdf

Khudamrongsawat, J., D.A. Arrington, B.R. Kuhajda, and A.L. Rypel. 2005. Life history of the endangered Vermilion Darter (Etheostoma chermocki) endemic to the Black Warrior River system, Alabama. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 20:469-477. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/02705060.2005.9664762

Stiles, R., and P. D. Blanchard. 2003. Status survey of the Vermilion Darter, Etheostoma chermocki, populations in the Turkey Creek watershed, Jefferson County, Alabama. Report to U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Jackson, Mississippi.

USFWS (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service). 2001. Endangered and threatened wildlife and plants; final rule to list the Vermilion Darter as endangered. Federal Register 66:59367-59373. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2001-11-28/pdf/01-29329.pdf#page=1

Blanco, C. C., and R. L. Mayden. 1999. Use of habitat models for predicting the abundance and distribution of Vermilion Darters (Etheostoma chermocki) in the Turkey Creek drainage basin. Final Report to U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Jackson, Mississippi.

Blanco, C.C., and R.L. Mayden. 1997. Threatened fishes of the world: Etheostoma chermocki Boschung, Mayden & Tomelleri, 1992 (Percidea). Environmental biology of fishes, 50(3), 274-274. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1023/A:1007336500325

Blanco, C.C., and R.L. Mayden. 1997. Status of the Vermilion Darter, Etheostoma chermocki, in Turkey Creek, Jefferson County, Alabama, 1996-1997. Final Report to Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Montgomery, Alabama and U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Jackson, Mississippi.

Blanco, C. C., B. R. Kuhajda, and R. L. Mayden. 1995. Status survey of the Vermilion Darter (Etheostoma chermocki) in Turkey Creek, a tributary of the Locust Fork, Black Warrior River drainage in Jefferson County, Alabama. Final Report to Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Montgomery, Alabama, and U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Jackson, Mississippi.

USFWS (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service). 1994. Endangered and threatened wildlife and plants; animal candidate review for listing as endangered or threatened species. Federal Register 59:58982-59028. https://ecos.fws.gov/docs/federal_register/fr2729.pdf

Boschung, H. T., R. L. Mayden, and J. R. Tomelleri. 1992. Etheostoma chermocki, a new species of darter (Teleostei, Percidae) from the Black Warrior River drainage of Alabama. Bulletin of the Alabama Museum of Natural History 13:11-20. https://web.b.ebscohost.com/abstract?direct=true&profile=ehost&scope=site&authtype=crawler&jrnl=01961039&AN=99556896&h=3uuZXsefho25LdAeDtm1OR%2b2vtvRwv%2floVt3f%2fGznFdVQLZLAcL5Mo9zfX58Cl%2btePzSbMNlSGR6U8cdiXWWMA%3d%3d&crl=c&resultNs=AdminWebAuth&resultLocal=ErrCrlNotAuth&crlhashurl=login.aspx%3fdirect%3dtrue%26profile%3dehost%26scope%3dsite%26authtype%3dcrawler%26jrnl%3d01961039%26AN%3d99556896

Bailey, R. M., and D. A. Etnier. 1988. Comments on the subgenera of darters (Percidae) with descriptions of two new species of Etheostoma (Ulocentra) from southeastern United States. Miscellaneous Publications Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan 175:1-48.

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