Smallmouth Buffalo

Ictiobus bubalus

About This Fish

The Smallmouth Buffalo is found in Gulf Coast drainages from Mexico to Alabama, including the Mobile Basin, in the Great Lakes Drainages in Illinois, as well as throughout the Mississippi River Drainage. They live in pools and backwaters of small to large rivers, lakes, and impoundments. Like other species in the genus Ictiobus, Smallmouth Buffalo have a long, curved dorsal fin and a mouth on the underside of their head.

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Ictiobus

Alabama (AL), Mississippi (MS), Georgia (GA), Tennessee (TN), North Carolina (NC), Kentucky (KY)

Conasauga – 03150101, Coosawattee – 03150102, Oostanaula – 03150103, Etowah – 03150104, Upper Coosa – 03150105, Middle Coosa – 03150106, Lower Coosa – 03150107, Lower Tallapoosa – 03150110, Upper Alabama – 03150201, Cahaba – 03150202, Middle Alabama – 03150203, Lower Alabama – 03150204, Upper Tombigbee – 03160101, Buttahatchee – 03160103, Middle Tombigbee-Lubbub – 03160106, Sipsey – 03160107, Noxubee – 03160108, Locust – 03160111, Upper Black Warrior – 03160112, Lower Black Warrior – 03160113, Middle Tombigbee-Chickasaw – 03160201, Sucarnoochee – 03160202, Lower Tombigbee – 03160203, Mobile Tensaw – 03160204, Upper Cumberland-Lake Cumberland – 05130103, South Fork Cumberland – 05130104, Upper Cumberland-Cordell Hull Reservior – 05130106, Caney – 05130108, Lower Cumberland-Old Hickory Lake – 05130201, Lower Cumberland – 05130205, South Fork Holston – 06010102, Holston – 06010104, Upper French Board – 06010105, Pigeon – 06010106, Lower French Board – 06010107, Nolichucky – 06010108, Watts Bar Lake – 06010201, Lower Little Tennessee – 06010204, Upper Clinch, Tennessee, Virginia – 06010205, Powell – 06010206, Lower Clinch – 06010207, Middle Tennessee-Chickamauga – 06020001, Hiwassee – 06020002, Ocoee – 06020003, Sequatchie – 06020004, Guntersville Lake – 06030001, Wheeler Lake – 06030002, Upper Elk – 06030003, Lower Elk – 06030004, Pickwick Lake – 06030005, Bear – 06030006, Lower Tennessee-Beech – 06040001, Lower Duck – 06040003, Kentucky Lake – 06040005, Lower Tennessee – 06040006

Smallmouth Buffalo

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