FIS014-00045
Juvenile Carolina madtoms (Noturus furiosus) at Conservation Fisheries in Knoxville, Tennessee. Collected as eggs in the Tar River drainage of North Carolina. These fish are less than one year old, and have very different markings than adult Carolina madtoms.
This species depends on 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
- Noturus furiosus
- Photo Ark
- rare
- side view
- Stripes
- studio shot
- Tar River drainage of North Carolina
- Tennessee
- three animals
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This photo is part of the Photo Ark.
