Telescope Shiner

Notropis telescopus

About This Fish

The Telescope Shiner has a disjunct distribution in the Ozark Mountains in Arkansas and Missouri, as well as Atlantic Coast and Ohio River drainages, including the Tennessee and Cumberland river drainages. They live in rocky riffles of medium creeks to small rivers. The common name refers to the large eyes of Telescope Shiners.

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

Upper Cumberland-Lake Cumberland – 05130103, South Fork Cumberland – 05130104, Obey – 05130105, Upper Cumberland-Cordell Hull Reservior – 05130106, Collins – 05130107, Caney – 05130108, Lower Cumberland-Old Hickory Lake – 05130201, Lower Cumberland-Sycamore – 05130202, Stones – 05130203, Harpeth – 05130204, Lower Cumberland – 05130205, Red – 05130206, North Fork Holston – 06010101, South Fork Holston – 06010102, Watauga, North Carolina, Tennessee – 06010103, Holston – 06010104, Upper French Board – 06010105, Pigeon – 06010106, Lower French Board – 06010107, Nolichucky – 06010108, Watts Bar Lake – 06010201, Upper Little Tennessee – 06010202, Tuckasegee – 06010203, Lower Little Tennessee – 06010204, Upper Clinch, Tennessee, Virginia – 06010205, Powell – 06010206, Lower Clinch – 06010207, Emory – 06010208, 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, Upper Duck – 06040002, Lower Duck – 06040003, Buffalo – 06040004, Kentucky Lake – 06040005

Telescope Shiner

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