Yellowfin Madtom

Noturus flavipinnis

About This Fish

The Yellowfin Madtom is a federally threatened species that is found in the upper Tennessee River Drainage in Georgia, Tennessee, and Virginia. They live in rocky pools of creeks to small rivers. As the common name suggests, Yellowfin Madtoms have yellow coloration in their fins. 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, Yellowfin Madtoms are smaller catfish reaching a maximum size of six inches.

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Noturus

Tennessee (TN), Virginia (VA), Georgia (GA)

North Fork Holston – 06010101, Watts Bar Lake – 06010201, Lower Little Tennessee – 06010204, Upper Clinch, Tennessee, Virginia – 06010205, Powell – 06010206, Lower Clinch – 06010207, Middle Tennessee-Chickamauga – 06020001

Literature

United States Fish and Wildlife Service. 2012. Yellowfin madtom (Noturus flavipinnis), smoky madtom (Noturus baileyi) 5 year review: summary and evaluation. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Cookeville, Tennessee. https://ecos.fws.gov/docs/five_year_review/doc4146.pdf

Williams, A.S., and G.R. Moyer. 2012. Isolation and characterization of 21 microsatellite loci for the federally threatened yellowfin madtom (Noturus flavipinnis) with cross species amplification in N. baileyi. Conservation genetics resources. 4(2):221-223. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12686-011-9511-7

Petty, M.A., and P.L. Rakes. 2011. Propagation of yellowfin madtoms from Copper Creek, Virginia: 2010. Interim report to Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries.

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

Rakes, P.L., and J.R. Shute. 2006. Surveys to delineate a new population of the yellowfin madtom, Noturus flavipinnis, in the Clinch River system in Virginia. Unpublished report to Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries (Contract No. 2005- 07688). August 3, 2006.

Rakes, P.L., and J.R. Shute. 2005. Restoration efforts in the Powell River of Virginia in 2004: the yellowfin madtom, Noturus flavipinnis, and the slender chub, Erimystax cahni. Unpublished report to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Gloucester, Virginia (Agreement No. 50181-4-J001), February 15, 2005.

United States Fish and Wildlife Service. 2002. ETWP; Establishment of nonessential experimental population status and reintroduction of four fishes in the Tellico River. Federal Register 67(155):52420-52428. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2002-08-12/pdf/02-20341.pdf#page=1

Baxter, J.T., P.L. Rakes, and J.R. Shute. 1999. Status survey and captive propagation of the yellowfin madtom (Noturus flavipinnis) in Copper Creek, Scott and Russell counties, Virginia. Report to US Fish & Wildlife Service, Abingdon, VA Field Office and Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries.

Dinkins, G.R., and P.W. Shute. 1996. Life histories of Noturus baileyi and N. flavipinnis (Pisces: Ictaluridae), two rare madtom catfishes in Citico Creek, Monroe County, Tennessee. Bulletin of the Alabama Museum of Natural History. 18:43-69.

Shute, P.W., P.L. Rakes, and J.R. Shute. 1992. Status report and historical review of reintroduction efforts for the endangered smoky madtom (Noturus baileyi) and threatened yellowfin madtom (Noturus flavipinnis). Report to US Forest Service, Cherokee National Forest, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Asheville Field Office, Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, and National Park Service, Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

United States Fish and Wildlife Service. 1988. Determination of nonessential experimental population status for an introduced population of the yellowfin madtom in Virginia and Tennessee. Federal Register 53:29335-6. https://ecos.fws.gov/docs/federal_register/fr1449.pdf

Shute, P.W. 1984. Ecology of the rare yellowfin madtom, Noturus flavipinnis Taylor. Citico Creek, Tennessee. Masters Thesis. University of Tennessee. Knoxville, Tennessee.

Bauer, B.H., G.R. Dinkins, and D.A. Etnier. 1983. Discovery of Noturus baileyi and N. flavipinnis in Citico Creek, Little Tennessee River system. Copeia. 2:558-560. https://www.jstor.org/stable/1444412

United States Fish and Wildlife Service. 1983. Recovery plan yellowfin madtom (Noturus flavipinnis) Taylor. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Atlanta, Georgia https://ecos.fws.gov/docs/recovery_plan/19830623_Recovery%20Plan.pdf

United States Fish and Wildlife Service. 1977. Final threatened status and critical habitat for five species of southeastern fishes. Federal Register 42:47840-47845. https://ecos.fws.gov/docs/federal_register/fr159.pdf

Taylor, W.R., R.E. Jenkins, and E.A. Lachner. 1971. Rediscovery and description of the ictalurid catfish, Noturus flavipinnis. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 83:469-476.

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