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Stonecat
Noturus flavus
About This Fish

The Stonecat is widespread across much of central and eastern North America in the Hudson Bay, Great Lakes-St. Lawrence, and Mississippi river drainages, including the Tennessee and Cumberland river drainages. As the common name suggests, Stonecats live in rocky riffles and runs of small to large rivers and are members of the Catfish family. Catfishes get their name from the whiskers (barbels) around their mouth with taste buds that aid in finding food. Like all members of the genus Noturus, Stonecats are smaller catfish reaching a maximum size of 12 inches

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Ictaluridae >
Noturus
Alabama (AL), Tennessee (TN), Kentucky (KY), North Carolina (NC), Virginia (VA), Mississippi (MS)
Rockcastle – 05130102, Upper Cumberland-Lake Cumberland – 05130103, South Fork Cumberland – 05130104, Obey – 05130105, Upper Cumberland-Cordell Hull Reservior – 05130106, Collins – 05130107, Caney – 05130108, Stones – 05130203, Harpeth – 05130204, Red – 05130206, North Fork Holston – 06010101, South Fork Holston – 06010102, Watauga, North Carolina, Tennessee – 06010103, Upper French Board – 06010105, Watts Bar Lake – 06010201, Upper Little Tennessee – 06010202, Lower Little Tennessee – 06010204, Upper Clinch, Tennessee, Virginia – 06010205, Upper Elk – 06030003, Lower Elk – 06030004, Pickwick Lake – 06030005, Upper Duck – 06040002, Buffalo – 06040004

Literature

Puchala, E.A., D.L. Parrish, and T.M. Donovan. 2016. Predicting the Stability of Endangered Stonecats in the LaPlatte River, Vermont. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society. 145(4):903-912. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00028487.2016.1167779

Faber, J.E., J. Rybka, and M.M. White. 2009. Intraspecific phylogeography of the stonecat madtom, Noturus flavus. Copeia. 3:563-571. http://www.asihcopeiaonline.org/doi/abs/10.1643/CG-08-066

Egge, J.J. 2007. The osteology of the stonecat, Noturus flavus (Siluriformes: Ictaluridae), with comparisons to other siluriforms. Bulletin of the Alabama Museum of Natural History. 25. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&profile=ehost&scope=site&authtype=crawler&jrnl=01961039&asa=Y&AN=125534740&h=FigBsRCYVXFd2sMkDBeVsxhQuLwAOq54V7bEg2Q%2FsEljpHzNrEeqOsHNrSospIvFnxNhURDeMuZS0VE9aJvsWA%3D%3D&crl=c

Tzilkowski, C.J., and J.R. Stauffer Jr. 2004. Biology and diet of the northern madtom (Noturus stigmosus) and stonecat (Noturus flavus) in French Creek, Pennsylvania. Journal of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science. 3-11. https://www.jstor.org/stable/44149502

Welsh, S.A., and D.A. Cincotta. 2004. Natural hybrids of the madtoms, Noturus flavus and Noturus insignis, from the Monongahela River drainage, West Virginia. Northeastern Naturalist. 11(4):399-407. https://bioone.org/journals/Northeastern-Naturalist/volume-11/issue-4/1092-6194(2004)011[0399:NHOTMN]2.0.CO;2/Natural-Hybrids-of-the-Madtoms-span-classgenus-speciesNoturus-flavus-span/10.1656/1092-6194(2004)011[0399:NHOTMN]2.0.CO;2.short

Banks, S.M., and R.J. DiStefano. 2002. Diurnal Habitat Associations of the Madtoms Noturus albater, N. exilis, N. flavater and N. flavus in Missouri Ozarks Streams. The American midland naturalist. 148(1):138-146. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Robert_Distefano2/publication/271852550_Banks_SM_and_RJ_DiStefano_2002_Diurnal_habitat_associations_of_the_madtoms_Noturus_albater_N_exilis_N_flavater_and_N_flavus_in_Missouri_Ozarks_streams_American_Midland_Naturalist_148_138-145/links/54db8a9f0cf28d3de65ba698/Banks-SM-and-RJ-DiStefano-2002-Diurnal-habitat-associations-of-the-madtoms-Noturus-albater-N-exilis-N-flavater-and-N-flavus-in-Missouri-Ozarks-streams-American-Midland-Naturalist-148-138-145.pdf

McCulloch, B.R., and K.W. Stewart. 1998. Range extension and new locality records for the stonecat, Noturus flavus, in Manitoba: evidence for a recent natural invasion. Canadian Field-Naturalist. 112(2):217-224.

Platania, S.P., T.R. Cummings, and K.J. Kehmeier. 1986. First verified record of the stonecat, Noturus flavus (Ictaluridae), in the South Platte River system, Colorado, with notes on an albinistic specimen. The Southwestern Naturalist. 31(4):553-555. https://www.jstor.org/stable/3671721

Klassen, G.J., M. Beverley-Burton, and A.O. Dechtiar. 1985. Ligictaluridus posthon n. sp.(Monogenea: Ancyrocephalidae) from Noturus flavus Rafinesque (Siluriformes: Ictaluridae) in Ontario, Canada. Canadian journal of zoology. 63(9):2071-2073. https://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/abs/10.1139/z85-303

Walsh, S.J., and B.M. Burr. 1985. Biology of stonecat, Noturus flavus (Siluriformes: Ictaluridae), in central Illinois and Missouri streams, and comparisons with Great Lakes populations and congeners. Ohio Journal of Science. 85(3):85-96. https://kb.osu.edu/bitstream/handle/1811/23068/V085N3_085.pdf

LeGrande, W.H., and T.M. Cavender. 1980. The chromosome complement of the stonecat madtom, Noturus flavus (Siluriformes: Ictaluridae), with evidence for the existence of a possible chromosomal race. Copeia. 2:341-344. https://www.jstor.org/stable/1444012

Stewart, K.W., and C.C. Lindsey. 1970. First specimens of the stonecat, Noturus flavus, from the Hudson Bay drainage. Journal of the Fisheries Board of Canada. 27(1):170-172. https://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/abs/10.1139/f70-019

Gilbert, C.R. 1953. Age and growth of the yellow stone catfish, Noturus flavus (Rafinesque). PhD dissertation. The Ohio State University. Columbus, Ohio. https://etd.ohiolink.edu/rws_etd/document/get/osu1266067906/inline

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