Fish

Endangered, Threatened, Proposed, and Candidates in the Upper Midwest

Arkansas darter (Etheostoma cragini)

Natural History and Regulatory Information

Candidate Information
Species Profile (links to National U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service web pages)

Grotto Sculpin (Cottus sp. nov.)

Status: Proposed as Endangered

Grotto Sculpin webpage

Neosho madtom (Noturus placidus)

Natural History and Regulatory Information

Species Profile (links to National U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service web pages)

Fact sheet

Niangua darter (Etheostoma nianguae)

Natural History and Regulatory Information

Species Profile (links to National U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service web pages)

Fact sheet

Ozark cavefish (Amblyopsis rosae)

National Geographic: Eyeless "Ghost Fish" Haunts Ozark Caves October 29, 2003

Natural History and Regulatory Information

Species Profile (links to National U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service web pages)

Fact Sheet

Pallid sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus albus)

Pallid Sturgeon Home

Scioto madtom (Noturus trautmani)

Natural History and Regulatoty Information

Fact Sheet

Shovelnose Sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus platorynchus)

This species is listed as Threatened Due to Similarity of Appearance (to the Pallid Sturgeon)

September 1, 2010: Threatened Status for Shovelnose Sturgeon Under the Similarity of Appearance Provisions of the Endangered Species Act - - Pallid sturgeon listed to protected pallid sturgeon by treating shovelnose sturgeon as a threatened species where their ranges overlap.

Species Profile

More information about shovelnose sturgeon

Topeka Shiner (Notropis topeka)

See Topeka Shiner web pages

USFWS Midwest Endangered Species Home

Last updated: January 28, 2013

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