| Ictaluridae (North American freshwater catfishes) |
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15 cm TL (male/unsexed); max. reported age: 4 years |
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demersal; freshwater, non-migratory |
| 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. |
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| Adults inhabit rocky riffles, runs, and flowing pools of clear creeks and small rivers. Rarely found in springs and along wave-swept margins of large impoundments (Ref. 5723, 10294). They feed on aquatic insect immatures (midges, mayflies, caddisflies) and small crustacea (isopods, amphipods, copepods) (Ref. 10294). |
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Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 01 March 2012 Ref. (130435)
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| harmless |
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