FIS014-00040
An endangered adult Carolina madtom (Noturus furiosus) at Conservation Fisheries in Knoxville, Tennessee. Collected in Neuse River in North Carolina. This is one of just two fish collected in this place in the past 8 years, so biologists fear that the species may soon be extinct in this river in the near future. It persists in one other river system, the Tar River in North Carolina.
This fish depends on lots of mussels to survive; empty mussel shells provide them with both cover and nesting habitat. Mussels are also not doing well in these places, which hurts this fish. Factory farms and introduced flathead catfish are leading to their demise as well.
Keywords
- adult animal
- animal portrait
- black background
- captivity
- Carolina madtom
- Conservation Fisheries
- Endangered Species
- Fish
- freshwater fish
- full length
- Knoxville
- Neuse River
- North Carolina
- Noturus furiosus
- one animal
- Photo Ark
- rare
- side view
- Stripes
- studio shot
- Tennessee
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This photo is part of the Photo Ark.
