Redspot Darter | Etheostoma artesiae

Status: IUCN: Least Concern

Threats: Agricultural practices and sedimentation (What do these terms mean?)

Native Range: Gulf drainages from Halawakee Creek (Chattahoochee River drainage), AL; Mississippi River drainage in n. MS

Spawning Habitat Preferences: Late spring to early summer spawners in small, low gradient streams on the edge of high flow; lay eggs over gravel substrate

CFI Status: Propagated at CFI in 2002 for otolith research*. (What do these terms mean?)

In Partnership With: USDA Forest Service

The research* on the fish we propagated was performed by Susie Adams out of Southern Forest Research Station (Oxford, MS).