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Ictaluridae
Elegant madtom
Noturus elegans
Ictalurid Fish of North American Waters
- Temperate
- Lower river
- Upper river
- Northern Hemisphere
- Restricted distribution
- Freshwater fish
- North America
- Small
- Temperate fish
Temperate
Restricted distribution
Freshwater fish
SmallElegant madtom is a freshwater fish from North America. It inhabits freshwater habitats. The largest recorded length is 7.4 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Catfishes
- Family
- Ictaluridae
- Genus
- Noturus
- Maximum length
- 7.4 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Distribution
- North America: upper Green River drainage in Kentucky and Tennessee, USA; 1 record from Roaring River (Cumberland River drainage) in Tennessee (Ref. 86798 ). Individuals from the Duck River originally allocated to N. elegans are N. fasciatus , the latter restricted to the Duck River system and two minor tributaries of the lower arm of the Tennessee River, Tennessee (Ref. 56218 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
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Order
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