Tadpole madtom (Noturus gyrinus)

Scientific name: Noturus gyrinus Mitchill, 1817

Tadpole madtom (Noturus gyrinus)

The Tadpole madtom (Noturus gyrinus) is a freshwater fish of the family Ictaluridae.

Biology

Inhabits lakes, rock-, mud-bottomed or detritus-bottomed pools and backwaters of lowland creeks and small to large rivers. Feeds on midge, isopods, amphipods, mayfly and caddis larvae.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Noturus gyrinus
Family
Ictaluridae (North American freshwater catfishes)
Order
Siluriformes (Catfish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
13.0
Common length
4.8
Environment
Freshwater; demersal
Climate
Temperate
Distribution
North America: Atlantic and Gulf Slope drainages from New Hampshire to Nueces River in Texas, USA; St. Lawrence-Great Lakes, Hudson Bay (Red River), and Mississippi River basins from Quebec to Saskatchewan in Canada and south to Gulf of Mexico in USA.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (tmax=3)

Sources

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

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