Slender madtom (Noturus exilis)

Scientific name: Noturus exilis Nelson, 1876

Slender madtom (Noturus exilis)

The Slender madtom (Noturus exilis) is a freshwater fish of the family Ictaluridae.

Biology

Inhabits rocky riffles, runs, and flowing pools of clear creeks and small rivers. Rarely found in springs and along wave-swept margins of large impoundments. Feeds on aquatic insect immatures (midges, mayflies, caddisflies) and small crustacea (isopods, amphipods, copepods).

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Noturus exilis
Family
Ictaluridae (North American freshwater catfishes)
Order
Siluriformes (Catfish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
15.0
Common length
10.2
Environment
Freshwater; demersal
Climate
Temperate
Distribution
North America: Green, Cumberland and Tennessee River drainages in central Kentucky to northern Alabama, USA; upper Mississippi River basin from southern Wisconsin and southern Minnesota to Ozark and Ouachita Highlands of Arkansas, Kansas and Oklahoma in USA.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Resilience
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (tmax=4)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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