Warrior Darter | Etheostoma bellator

Status: IUCN: Vulnerable; USFWS: Not Listed

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

Native Range: Above the Fall Line in Black Warrior River system, AL (What do these terms mean?)

Spawning Habitat Preferences: Spring spawners in stream riffles or shallow pools with slow to fast flow and gravel, cobble, or bedrock substrate; they attach eggs to rocks, woody debris, and other surfaces.

CFI Status: Propagated at CFI in 2004 to develop propagation protocols as a surrogate species to the Vermilion Darter. (What do these terms mean?)

In Partnership With: The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation