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A floating camp on the Ouachita River in Louisiana. The river continues to be utilized for commercial navigation on a smaller scale than during its "steamboat" days. [18] It is fed by numerous small creeks containing endemic native fish such as killifish. Fishing remains popular in the river for black bass, white bass, bream, freshwater drum ...
Percina brucethompsoni, the Ouachita darter, [1] is a 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 endemic to the Ouachita River system in the Ouachita Mountains in Arkansas. [1]
N. taylori was known only from the upper Caddo River, a tributary to the Ouachita River, Arkansas. [2] This small madtom is the second species (the other is Etheostoma pallididorsum) apparently endemic to the upper water of the Caddo River, Ouachita River drainage, [7] which originates in the Ouachita Mountains of southwestern Arkansas. [2]
The Ouachita River Lock and Dam No. 8 are a historic lock and dam on the Ouachita River in Calhoun County, Arkansas. The area is managed by the county and the Arkansas Fish and Game Commission as a public recreation area. The facility offers a boat ramp and a few campsites. [2]
The harlequin darter was first recorded in the Ouachita River in Arkansas and the Poteau River in Oklahoma. Since then, knowledge of its geographic range has expanded to include the majority of the Southeast and the tributaries of the lower Mississippi River. [5] This species is found from Illinois, south to Florida and as far west as Texas. [3]
The Ouachita creekshell is found at about 30 sites in small and medium-sized streams in the Ouachita Mountains in south west Arkansas. It is restricted to the headwaters of the Ouachita River and the Saline River drainage systems including the Caddo River and Little Missouri River. [4]
The peppered shiner or colorless shiner (Notropis perpallidus) is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is endemic to the United States where it is found in the Red and Ouachita river drainages in southeastern Oklahoma and southern Arkansas.
The Ouachita madtom is considered a species of greatest conservation need by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. [2] The penalties for any form of trafficking or taking of Ouachita madtoms can be as serious as a $500,000 USD fine , 1 year imprisonment, or both.