Blueface Darter | Etheostoma cyanoprosopum

Status: This species is not listed anywhere because it is newly described.

Threats: Agriculture and sedimentation.

CFI Status: Propagated at CFI from 2006-2007 to develop propagation protocols for future potential restoration or assurance colony efforts, and research to determine early life history characteristics (What do these terms mean?)

Native Range: Tennessee River drainage in TN; Mobile Basin in AL

Spawning Habitat Preferences: Spring spawners; medium-large streams with moderate flow; attach eggs to hard surfaces.

Fun Fact: This species was not described when we worked with it!

In Partnership With: USFWS (Jackson, MS)

Relevant Literature: Kozal, L. C.; Simmons, J. W.; Mollish, J. M.; MacGuigan, D. J.; Benavides, E.; Keck, B. P.; Near, T. J. (2017). Phylogenetic and Morphological Diversity of the Etheostoma zonistium Species Complex with the Description of a New Species Endemic to the Cumberland Plateau of Alabama. Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History. 58(2): 263-286.