Pygmy Madtom

Noturus stanauli

About This Fish

The Pygmy Madtom is a federally endangered species that is known from only a few locations in the Tennessee River Drainage. They live over gravel substrates in swift-moving water of medium rivers. As members of the catfish family, all madtoms have whiskers (barbels) around their mouth with taste buds that aid in finding food. As the common name suggests, Pygmy Madtoms are smaller catfish reaching a maximum size of only 1.5 inches!

Pygmy Madtom Noturus stanauli Duck R 7 Jan 2008

Ictaluridae >

Noturus

Tennessee (TN), Virginia (VA)

Upper Clinch, Tennessee, Virginia – 06010205, Lower Duck – 06040003

Literature

United States Fish and Wildlife Service. 2019. Recovery plan admendment for the pygmy madtom (Noturus stanauli). U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Atlanta, Georgia. https://ecos.fws.gov/docs/recovery_plan/Pygmy%20Madtom%20Recovery%20Plan%20Amendment_1.pdf

Wells, W.G. 2019. Aspects of Life History, Species-Habitat Associations, Species-Community Associations, and Distribution of the Pygmy Madtom, Noturus stanauli. PhD dissertation. Tennessee Technological University. Cookeville, Tennessee. http://search.proquest.com/openview/5d21a8b9993c2359a68d57a47d01b6e3/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750&diss=y

United States Fish and Wildlife Service. 2018. 5-year review for pygmy madtom. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Cookeville, Tennessee. https://ecos.fws.gov/docs/five_year_review/doc5930.pdf

Bennett, M.G., J.H. Howell, B.R. Kuhajda, and R.M. Wood. 2009. Mitochondrial DNA divergence in the critically imperilled pygmy madtom, Noturus stanauli (Siluriformes: Ictaluridae). Journal of fish biology. 75(9):2363-2372. http://www.academia.edu/download/27368690/bennett_et_al._2009.pdf

United States Fish and Wildlife Service. 2009. Pygmy madtom completed 5-year review. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Cookeville, Tennessee. https://ecos.fws.gov/docs/five_year_review/doc2624.pdf

United States Fish and Wildlife Service. 2007. Establishment of nonessential experimental population status for 15 freshwater mussels, 1 freshwater Snail, and 5 fishes in the Lower French Broad River and in the Lower Holston River, Tennessee; final rule. Federal Register 72(177):52434-52461. https://www.govinfo.gov/link/fr/72/52434?link-type=pdf

Near, T.J., and M. Hardman. 2006. Phylogenetic relationships of Noturus stanauli and N. crypticus (Siluriformes: Ictaluridae), two imperiled freshwater fish species from the southeastern United States. Copeia. 3:378-383. http://www.academia.edu/download/30685897/29.pdf

United States Fish and Wildlife Service. 1994. Recovery plan for the pygmy madtom (Noturus stanauli). U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Atlanta, Georgia. https://ecos.fws.gov/docs/recovery_plan/940927a.pdf

United States Fish and Wildlife Service. 1993. Determination of endangered status for the duskytail darter, palezone shiner, and pygmy madtom. Federal Register 58(79):25758-25763. https://ecos.fws.gov/docs/federal_register/fr2278.pdf

Etnier, D.A., and R.E. Jenkins. 1980. Noturus stanauli, a new madtom catfish (Ictaluridae) from the Clinch and Duck Rivers, Tennessee. Bulletin of the Alabama Museum of Natural History 5:17-22. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&profile=ehost&scope=site&authtype=crawler&jrnl=01961039&asa=Y&AN=99556879&h=eyqtgRYgfHzNXSYA36KZtyKHZex5Wad9mQFjm6I0U1CGSE8k8M8Pf1KmEzZHC%2BtK6iGSJI22uMXAFRZeOGa1qQ%3D%3D&crl=c

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