Okaloosa Darter | Etheostoma okaloosae

Status: IUCN: Least Concern; USFWS: Threatened (1973)

Threats: Climate change and sedimentation (What do these terms mean?)

Native Range: Choctawhachee Bay drainage, FL

Spawning Habitat Preferences: Year-round spawners in clear spring-fed streams with moderate flow; spawn in vegetation and woody debris

CFI Status: Propagated at CFI from 2017-2022 for propagation protocols and augmentation. (What do these terms mean?)

In Partnership With: Arevon Energy; National Fish and Wildlife Foundation; USFWS (Panama, FL)

While this species is a year-round spawner, we have observed that they tend to stop spawning around the solstices!