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P. tanasi. Binomial name. Percina tanasi. Etnier, 1976. The snail darter (Percina tanasi) is a small species of freshwater ray-finned fish, a darter from the subfamily Etheostomatinae, part of the family Percidae, which also contains the perches, ruffes and pikeperches. It is found in East Tennessee freshwater in the United States and in small ...
September 24, 2024 at 3:44 PM. Screengrab from the Memphis Zoo's video. The hatching of the 107th tiny, wriggling snake at a Tennessee zoo marks the end of another year of efforts to save one of ...
The snail darter controversy related to the discovery in 1973 of an endangered species during the construction of the Tellico Dam on the Little Tennessee River; the dam project had been authorized and begun before passage of protective environmental legislation. On August 12, 1973, University of Tennessee biologist and professor David Etnier ...
Fundulus. Species: F. julisia. Binomial name. Fundulus julisia. J. D. Williams & Etnier, 1982. Synonyms [4] Fundulus julisiae Williams & Etnier, 1982. The Barrens topminnow (Fundulus julisia) is an endangered [1] species of freshwater fish in the family Fundulidae.
Phanogomphus sandrius, the Tennessee clubtail, is a species of clubtail dragonflies in the family Gomphidae. It is found in the United States, in nine locations of central Tennessee. [1] [2] The IUCN conservation status of Phanogomphus sandrius is "VU", vulnerable. The species faces a high risk of endangerment in the medium term, with a ...
Faxonius shoupi, the Nashville crayfish, is a freshwater crustacean native to the Mill Creek Basin in Nashville, Tennessee. [2] Prior to August 2017, the species was called Orconectes shoupi. [4] Faxonius shoupi is protected under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) as an endangered species. However, the crayfish has recently been put up for ...
The Endangered Species Act provides protection to endangered species, but does not provide protection for endangered admixed individuals, even if these serve as reservoirs for extinct genetic variation. Researchers on both sides of the red wolf debate argue that admixed canids warrant full protection under this Act. [47] [79]
The chucky madtom ( Noturus crypticus) is a critically endangered freshwater fish endemic to the U.S. state of Tennessee . It has been observed in two streams in eastern Tennessee, Little Chucky Creek and Dunn Creek. The last observed specimen in Dunn Creek was collected in 1940 and the species is likely no longer present in that location. [4]