Yoknapatawpha Darter | Etheostoma faulkneri

Status: Not Listed

Threats: Agricultural practices, development, habitat destruction, habitat fragmentation, and sedimentation (What do these terms mean?)

Native Range: Yazoo River basin, MS

Spawning Habitat Preferences: Early to mid-spring spawners in small creeks and streams with moderate flow and woody debris; eggs are laid in vegetation

CFI Status: Propagated at CFI in 2017 to develop propagation protocols and for life history research. (What do these terms mean?)

In Partnership With: Private John Allen Hatchery; USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station (Oxford, MS)

Fun fact: This species was split from the Yazoo Darter, and was considered the Yazoo darter when we propagated them!