Brown Madtom
Noturus phaeus
About This Fish

The Brown Madtom has a disjunct distribution largely in tributaries to the Mississippi River from Louisiana to Tennessee but also including portions of the lower Tennessee River Drainage and a few Gulf Coast drainages in Louisiana and Texas. They live over soft substrate with woody debris of creeks to small rivers. As the common name suggests, Brown Madtoms have brown coloration along their body. As members of the catfish family, all madtoms have whiskers (barbels) around their mouth with taste buds that aid in finding food. Like all members of the genus Noturus, Brown Madtoms are smaller catfish reaching a maximum size of 5.75 inches.

Literature

Chan, M.D., and G.R. Parsons. 2000. Aspects of brown madtom, Noturus phaeus, life history in northern Mississippi. Copeia. http://www.asihcopeiaonline.org/doi/abs/10.1643/0045-8511(2000)000%5B0757:AOBMNP%5D2.0.CO%3B2

Chan, M.D. 1995. Life history and bioenergetics of the brown madtom, Noturus phaeus. PhD dissertation. University of Mississippi.