Joel Sartore Joel Sartore

National Geographic Photographer and Speaker

Keyword: Marion

Photo: A coldwater elima (Elimia modesta) photographed at the Alabama Aquatic Biodiversity Center in Marion, AL.

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A coldwater elima (Elimia modesta) photographed at the Alabama Aquatic Biodiversity Center in Marion, AL.

Photo: A spindle elima (Elimia capillaris) photographed at the Alabama Aquatic Biodiversity Center in Marion, AL. This species is listed as vulnerable by IUCN.

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A spindle elima (Elimia capillaris) photographed at the Alabama Aquatic Biodiversity Center in Marion, AL. This species is listed as vulnerable by IUCN.

Photo: A teardrop Elimia (Elimia lachryma) at the Alabama Aquatic Biodiversity Center in Marion, Alabama.

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A teardrop Elimia (Elimia lachryma) at the Alabama Aquatic Biodiversity Center in Marion, Alabama.

This species was once considered extinct but was rediscovered in 2013.

Photo: A pair of spotted rocksnails (Leptoxis picta) at the Alabama Aquatic Biodiversity Center in Marion, Alabama.

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A pair of spotted rocksnails (Leptoxis picta) at the Alabama Aquatic Biodiversity Center in Marion, Alabama.

This species is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.

Photo: A pair of spotted rocksnails (Leptoxis picta) at the Alabama Aquatic Biodiversity Center in Marion, Alabama.

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A pair of spotted rocksnails (Leptoxis picta) at the Alabama Aquatic Biodiversity Center in Marion, Alabama.

This species is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.

Photo: A critically endangered teardrop elimia (Elimia lachryma) photographed at the Alabama Aquatic Biodiversity Center in Marion, AL. As of 2000, the species was considered extinct by the IUCN. It was rediscovered in the wild in 2005, but is still considered critically imperiled

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A critically endangered teardrop elimia (Elimia lachryma) photographed at the Alabama Aquatic Biodiversity Center in Marion, AL.
As of 2000, the species was considered extinct by the IUCN. It was rediscovered in the wild in 2005, but is still considered critically imperiled

Photo: An endangered interrupted rocksnail (Leptoxis foreman) at the Alabama Aquatic Biodiversity Center in Marion, Alabama.

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An endangered interrupted rocksnail (Leptoxis foreman) at the Alabama Aquatic Biodiversity Center in Marion, Alabama.

This species was once considered to be extinct and was rediscovered in 1998.

Photo: A ripple elimia (Elimia lecontiana) at the Alabama Aquatic Biodiversity Center in Marion, Alabama.

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A ripple elimia (Elimia lecontiana) at the Alabama Aquatic Biodiversity Center in Marion, Alabama.

Photo: An endangered interrupted rocksnail (Leptoxis foreman) at the Alabama Aquatic Biodiversity Center in Marion, Alabama.

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An endangered interrupted rocksnail (Leptoxis foreman) at the Alabama Aquatic Biodiversity Center in Marion, Alabama.

This species was once considered to be extinct and was rediscovered in 1998.

Photo: A ripple elimia (Elimia lecontiana) at the Alabama Aquatic Biodiversity Center in Marion, Alabama.

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A ripple elimia (Elimia lecontiana) at the Alabama Aquatic Biodiversity Center in Marion, Alabama.

Photo: A largescale stoneroller (Campostoma oligolepis) photographed at the Alabama Aquatic Biodiversity Center in Marion, AL. This fish was collected from Cahaba River, Perry County, AL.

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A largescale stoneroller (Campostoma oligolepis) photographed at the Alabama Aquatic Biodiversity Center in Marion, AL. This fish was collected from Cahaba River, Perry County, AL.

Photo: A largescale stoneroller (Campostoma oligolepis) photographed at the Alabama Aquatic Biodiversity Center in Marion, AL. This fish was collected from Cahaba River, Perry County, AL.

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A largescale stoneroller (Campostoma oligolepis) photographed at the Alabama Aquatic Biodiversity Center in Marion, AL. This fish was collected from Cahaba River, Perry County, AL.

Photo: A riffle minnow (Phenacobius catostomus) photographed at the Alabama Aquatic Biodiversity Center in Marion, AL. This fish was collected from Cahaba River, Perry County, AL.

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A riffle minnow (Phenacobius catostomus) photographed at the Alabama Aquatic Biodiversity Center in Marion, AL. This fish was collected from Cahaba River, Perry County, AL.

Photo: A riffle minnow (Phenacobius catostomus) photographed at the Alabama Aquatic Biodiversity Center in Marion, AL. This fish was collected from Cahaba River, Perry County, AL.

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A riffle minnow (Phenacobius catostomus) photographed at the Alabama Aquatic Biodiversity Center in Marion, AL. This fish was collected from Cahaba River, Perry County, AL.

Photo: A mobile logperch (Percina kathae) photographed at the Alabama Aquatic Biodiversity Center in Marion, AL. This fish was collected from Walnut Creek, a tributary of the Cahaba River, AL.

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A mobile logperch (Percina kathae) photographed at the Alabama Aquatic Biodiversity Center in Marion, AL. This fish was collected from Walnut Creek, a tributary of the Cahaba River, AL.

Photo: A mobile logperch (Percina kathae) photographed at the Alabama Aquatic Biodiversity Center in Marion, AL. This fish was collected from Walnut Creek, a tributary of the Cahaba River, AL.

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A mobile logperch (Percina kathae) photographed at the Alabama Aquatic Biodiversity Center in Marion, AL. This fish was collected from Walnut Creek, a tributary of the Cahaba River, AL.

Photo: A mobile logperch (Percina kathae) photographed at the Alabama Aquatic Biodiversity Center in Marion, AL. This fish was collected from Walnut Creek, a tributary of the Cahaba River, AL.

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A mobile logperch (Percina kathae) photographed at the Alabama Aquatic Biodiversity Center in Marion, AL. This fish was collected from Walnut Creek, a tributary of the Cahaba River, AL.

Photo: A mobile logperch (Percina kathae) photographed at the Alabama Aquatic Biodiversity Center in Marion, AL. This fish was collected from Walnut Creek, a tributary of the Cahaba River, AL.

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A mobile logperch (Percina kathae) photographed at the Alabama Aquatic Biodiversity Center in Marion, AL. This fish was collected from Walnut Creek, a tributary of the Cahaba River, AL.

Photo: A rainbow darter (Etheostoma caeruleum) photographed at the Alabama Aquatic Biodiversity Center in Marion, AL. This fish was collected from Butler Creek, Lauderdale County, AL.

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A rainbow darter (Etheostoma caeruleum) photographed at the Alabama Aquatic Biodiversity Center in Marion, AL. This fish was collected from Butler Creek, Lauderdale County, AL.

Photo: A female fantail darter (Etheostoma flabellare) photographed at the Alabama Aquatic Biodiversity Center in Marion, AL. This fish was collected from Butler Creek, Lauderdale County, AL.

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A female fantail darter (Etheostoma flabellare) photographed at the Alabama Aquatic Biodiversity Center in Marion, AL. This fish was collected from Butler Creek, Lauderdale County, AL.

Photo: A male fantail darter (Etheostoma flabellare) photographed at the Alabama Aquatic Biodiversity Center in Marion, AL. This fish was collected from Butler Creek, Lauderdale County, AL.

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A male fantail darter (Etheostoma flabellare) photographed at the Alabama Aquatic Biodiversity Center in Marion, AL. This fish was collected from Butler Creek, Lauderdale County, AL.

Photo: A female fantail darter (Etheostoma flabellare) photographed at the Alabama Aquatic Biodiversity Center in Marion, AL. This fish was collected from Butler Creek, Lauderdale County, AL.

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A female fantail darter (Etheostoma flabellare) photographed at the Alabama Aquatic Biodiversity Center in Marion, AL. This fish was collected from Butler Creek, Lauderdale County, AL.

Photo: A male fantail darter (Etheostoma flabellare) photographed at the Alabama Aquatic Biodiversity Center in Marion, AL. This fish was collected from Butler Creek, Lauderdale County, AL.

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A male fantail darter (Etheostoma flabellare) photographed at the Alabama Aquatic Biodiversity Center in Marion, AL. This fish was collected from Butler Creek, Lauderdale County, AL.

Photo: A male redline darter (Etheostoma rufilineatum) photographed at the Alabama Aquatic Biodiversity Center in Marion, AL. This fish was collected from Butler Creek, Lauderdale County, AL.

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A male redline darter (Etheostoma rufilineatum) photographed at the Alabama Aquatic Biodiversity Center in Marion, AL. This fish was collected from Butler Creek, Lauderdale County, AL.

Photo: Two male redline darters (Etheostoma rufilineatum) photographed at the Alabama Aquatic Biodiversity Center in Marion, AL. This fish was collected from Butler Creek, Lauderdale County, AL.

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Two male redline darters (Etheostoma rufilineatum) photographed at the Alabama Aquatic Biodiversity Center in Marion, AL. This fish was collected from Butler Creek, Lauderdale County, AL.

Photo: A female redline darter (Etheostoma rufilineatum) photographed at the Alabama Aquatic Biodiversity Center in Marion, AL. This fish was collected from Butler Creek, Lauderdale County, AL.

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A female redline darter (Etheostoma rufilineatum) photographed at the Alabama Aquatic Biodiversity Center in Marion, AL. This fish was collected from Butler Creek, Lauderdale County, AL.

Photo: A male redline darter (Etheostoma rufilineatum) photographed at the Alabama Aquatic Biodiversity Center in Marion, AL. This fish was collected from Butler Creek, Lauderdale County, AL.

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A male redline darter (Etheostoma rufilineatum) photographed at the Alabama Aquatic Biodiversity Center in Marion, AL. This fish was collected from Butler Creek, Lauderdale County, AL.

Photo: A female redline darter (Etheostoma rufilineatum) photographed at the Alabama Aquatic Biodiversity Center in Marion, AL. This fish was collected from Butler Creek, Lauderdale County, AL.

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A female redline darter (Etheostoma rufilineatum) photographed at the Alabama Aquatic Biodiversity Center in Marion, AL. This fish was collected from Butler Creek, Lauderdale County, AL.

Photo: A rainbow darter (Etheostoma caeruleum) photographed at the Alabama Aquatic Biodiversity Center in Marion, AL. This fish was collected from Butler Creek, Lauderdale County, AL.

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A rainbow darter (Etheostoma caeruleum) photographed at the Alabama Aquatic Biodiversity Center in Marion, AL. This fish was collected from Butler Creek, Lauderdale County, AL.

Photo: A northern studfish (Fundulus catenatus) photographed at the Alabama Aquatic Biodiversity Center in Marion, AL. This fish was collected from Butler Creek, Lauderdale County, AL.

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A northern studfish (Fundulus catenatus) photographed at the Alabama Aquatic Biodiversity Center in Marion, AL. This fish was collected from Butler Creek, Lauderdale County, AL.

Photo: A northern studfish (Fundulus catenatus) photographed at the Alabama Aquatic Biodiversity Center in Marion, AL. This fish was collected from Butler Creek, Lauderdale County, AL.

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A northern studfish (Fundulus catenatus) photographed at the Alabama Aquatic Biodiversity Center in Marion, AL. This fish was collected from Butler Creek, Lauderdale County, AL.

Photo: A bronze darter (Percina palmaris) photographed at the Alabama Aquatic Biodiversity Center in Marion, AL. This fish was collected from Walnut Creek, part of the Coosa Basin, AL.

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A bronze darter (Percina palmaris) photographed at the Alabama Aquatic Biodiversity Center in Marion, AL. This fish was collected from Walnut Creek, part of the Coosa Basin, AL.

Photo: A bronze darter (Percina palmaris) photographed at the Alabama Aquatic Biodiversity Center in Marion, AL. This fish was collected from Walnut Creek, part of the Coosa Basin, AL.

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A bronze darter (Percina palmaris) photographed at the Alabama Aquatic Biodiversity Center in Marion, AL. This fish was collected from Walnut Creek, part of the Coosa Basin, AL.

Photo: A banded sculpin (Cottus carolinae) photographed at the Alabama Aquatic Biodiversity Center in Marion, AL. This fish was collected Terrapin Creek, Cherokee County, AL.

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A banded sculpin (Cottus carolinae) photographed at the Alabama Aquatic Biodiversity Center in Marion, AL. This fish was collected Terrapin Creek, Cherokee County, AL.

Photo: A banded sculpin (Cottus carolinae) photographed at the Alabama Aquatic Biodiversity Center in Marion, AL. This fish was collected Terrapin Creek, Cherokee County, AL.

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A banded sculpin (Cottus carolinae) photographed at the Alabama Aquatic Biodiversity Center in Marion, AL. This fish was collected Terrapin Creek, Cherokee County, AL.

Photo: A coosa darter (Etheostoma coosae) photographed at the Alabama Aquatic Biodiversity Center in Marion, AL. This fish was collected from Walnut Creek in Chilton County, AL.

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A coosa darter (Etheostoma coosae) photographed at the Alabama Aquatic Biodiversity Center in Marion, AL. This fish was collected from Walnut Creek in Chilton County, AL.

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