Specimen Information

Noturus exilis
Noturus exilis
(Slender Madtom)
Fishes
Native Transplant

Specimen ID27338
GroupFishes
GenusNoturus
Speciesexilis
Common NameSlender Madtom
StateAR
CountyPolk
LocalityMountain Fork River, Little River system, Red River drainage at a county road bridge 1.6 km west of Ar Hwy 246
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameMountain Fork
HUC8 Number11140108
HUC10 NameUpper Mountain Fork
HUC10 Number1114010801
HUC12 NameCedar Creek-Mountain Fork
HUC12 Number111401080105
Map
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Collection Day3
Collection Month4
Collection Year1976
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayreleased bait
Statusunknown
Reference 1
Ref. Number:1845
Author:Robison, H.W., and S. Winters
Date:1978
Title:Occurrence of the slender madtom, Noturus exilis Nelson (Osteichthys: Ictaluridae), in the Little River system, Arkansas.
Journal:Southwestern Naturalist
Volume:23
Issue:4
Pages:688-689
Commentsmay be bait release or important zoogeophraphical clue to the past; One collection from 1971 found 5 specimens in the same drainage, but that is not enough to justify "established" status.
Record TypeLiterature
DisposalOklahoma State Univ.?
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater
Number Collected2


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