conasauga river images - Joel Sartore

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An Alabama shiner (Cyprinella callistia) taken from the Conasauga River near Conasauga, Tennessee.

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An Alabama shiner (Cyprinella callistia) taken from the Conasauga River near Conasauga, Tennessee.

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An Alabama shiner (Cyprinella callistia) taken from the Conasauga River near Conasauga, Tennessee.

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A banded sculpin (Cottus carolinae) taken from the Conasauga River near Conasauga, Tennessee.

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A banded sculpin (Cottus carolinae) taken from the Conasauga River near Conasauga, Tennessee.

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A riffle minnow (Phenacobius catostomus) taken from the Conasauga River near Conasauga, Tennessee.

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A riffle minnow (Phenacobius catostomus) taken from the Conasauga River near Conasauga, Tennessee.

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A holiday darter (Etheostoma brevirostrum) from the Conasauga River in the Cherokee National Forest of Tennessee. This species is listed as vulnerable by IUCN.

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An Alabama hogsucker (Hypentelium etowanum) collected in the Conasauga River near Conasauga, Tennessee.

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A holiday darter (Etheostoma brevirostrum) from the Conasauga River in the Cherokee National Forest of Tennessee. This species is listed as vulnerable by IUCN.

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A mobile logperch (Percina kathae) from the Conasauga River.

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A banded sculpin (Cottus carolinae) taken from the Conasauga River near Conasauga, Tennessee.

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Two holiday darters (Etheostoma brevirostrum) from the Conasauga River in the Cherokee National Forest of Tennessee. This species is listed as vulnerable by IUCN.

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A greenbreast darter (Etheostoma jordani) collected in the Conasauga River near Conasauga, Tennessee.

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A greenbreast darter (Etheostoma jordani) collected in the Conasauga River near Conasauga, Tennessee.

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A greenbreast darter (Etheostoma jordani) collected in the Conasauga River near Conasauga, Tennessee.

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A mobile logperch (Percina kathae) from the Conasauga River.

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FIS041-00352

An Alabama hogsucker (Hypentelium etowanum) collected in the Conasauga River near Conasauga, Tennessee.

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A Fowler’s toad (Anaxyrus fowleri) from the Conasauga River.

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A Fowler’s toad (Anaxyrus fowleri) from the Conasauga River.

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An endangered blue shiner (Cyprinella caerulea) from the Conasauga River.

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An endangered blue shiner (Cyprinella caerulea) from the Conasauga River.

A tricolor shiner (Cyprinella trichroistia) in the Conasauga River, Tennessee.

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A tricolor shiner (Cyprinella trichroistia) in the Conasauga River, Tennessee.

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A handful of stream fish caught in the Conasauga River, Tennessee.

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A crew from the Tennessee Aquarium Conservation Institute uses electro shocker nets to collect and survey declining freshwater species in the Conasauga River in Tennessee.

A mussel biologist holds a stripe-necked musk turtle (Sternotherus minor peltifer) in the Conasauga River, Tennessee.

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A mussel biologist holds a stripe-necked musk turtle (Sternotherus minor peltifer) in the Conasauga River, Tennessee.

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Cattle graze alongside the Conasagua River in Tennessee.

A blue shiner (Cyprinella caerulea) in the Conasauga River, Tennessee. (US: Threatened; IUCN: Vulnerable)

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A blue shiner (Cyprinella caerulea) in the Conasauga River, Tennessee. (US: Threatened; IUCN: Vulnerable)

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A Conasauga or reticulate logperch (Percina jerkins). This critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered fish is facing extinction; an estimated 200-400 remain, and are restricted to a 30-mile stretch of the Conasauga River in Tennessee and Georgia.