Federally Threatened and Endangered Fish found in Georgia

Listed Plants	Georgia Range	Habitat	Threats
Threatened Species - likely to become endangered in the foreseeable future
Blue shiner Cyprinella caerulea	Conasauga River and tributaries above Dalton and the Coosawattee River in Gilmer County	Medium to large clear cool streams with gravel-rubble-small boulder substrate	Habitat loss due to dam and reservoir construction, habitat degradation, and poor water quality
Cherokee darter Etheostoma scotti 2000 Recovery Plan	Warm water creeks in the Etowah River system	Shallow water (0.1-0.5 m) in small to medium creeks (1-15 m wide) with predominan	Habitat loss due to dam and reservoir construction, habitat degradation, and poor water quality
Goldline darter Percina aurolineata	Upper Coosawattee River system above Carter's Reservoir in Gilmer County	Main channel of rivers in white-water rapids > 2-3 feet deep	Habitat loss due to dam and reservoir construction, habitat degradation, and poor water quality
Snail darter Percina tanasi	Catoosa County	Adults live/spawn in shallow shoal areas over large smooth gravel. Larvae drif	Habitat loss due to dam and reservoir construction, habitat degradation, and poor water quality
Endangered Species - A species that is in danger of extinction throughout all or a significant portion of its range.
Shortnose sturgeon Acipenser brevirostrum	Coastal rivers (primarily Altamaha, Ogeechee, Savannah Rivers)	Atlantic seaboard rivers
Etowah darter Etheostoma etowahae 2000 Recovery Plan	Etowah River system	Shallow riffle habitat, with large gravel, cobble, and small boulder substrates. Usually found in medium and large cool water creeks or small rivers (15-30 m wide) with moderate or high gradients and rocky bottoms.	Habitat loss due to dam and reservoir construction, habitat degradation, and poor water quality
Amber darter Percina antesella	Etowah and Conasauga Rivers; last taken in Etowah River in 1980	Gentle riffle areas over sand and gravel substrate that becomes vegetated (prim	Habitat loss due to dam and reservoir construction, habitat degradation, and poor water quality
Conasauga logperch Percina jenkinsi	Conasauga River	Pool areas with flowing water and substrates of rubble, gravel and sand; spawns	Habitat loss due to habitat degradation and poor water quality

 

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