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12-22-2016

Elassoma alabamae

Elassoma alabamae NatureServe Explorer Species Reports — NatureServe Explorer is a source for authoritative conservation information on more than 50,000 plants, animals and ecological communtities of the U.S and Canada. NatureServe Explorer provides in-depth information on rare and endangered species, but includes common plants and animals too. NatureServe Explorer is a product of NatureServe in collaboration with the Natural Heritage Network.

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FWS Digital Media Library — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s National Digital Library is a searchable collection of selected images, historical artifacts, audio clips, publications, and video. The spring pygmy sunfish, Elassoma alabamae, is a species of pygmy sunfish endemic to springs in northern Alabama. It was historically known to occur in springs in North Alabama along the Tennessee River in Limestone and Lauderdale counties. The spring pygmy sunfish was first discovered in Cave Spring in Lauderdale County, Alabama in 1937 but in 1938, this site was flooded by the creation of the Pickwick Reservoir. The spring pygmy sunfish was considered extinct until its rediscovery in the Beaverdam Spring complex in 1973 by researchers from the University of Tennessee

Detailed information
Full Name: Spring Pygmy sunfish (Elassoma alabamae)
Where found: Wherever found
Critical Habitat:N/A
Species Group:Fishes
Current listing status
Status Date Listed Lead Region Where Listed
Threatened 12/02/2013 Southeast Region (Region 4) Wherever found
  • States/US Territories in which the Spring Pygmy sunfish, Wherever found is known to or is believed to occur: Alabama
  • US Counties in which the Spring Pygmy sunfish, Wherever found is known to or is believed to occur: View All
Recovery
No recovery information is available for the Spring Pygmy sunfish.
Date
Citation Page
Title
Document Type
Status
10/02/2012 77 FR 60179 60206 12-Month Petition Finding, Listing of the Spring Pygmy Sunfish as Threatened, and Designation of Critical Habitat: 12-Month finding; proposed rule. Proposed Rule Proposed
07/27/1979 44 FR 44418 44420 ETWP; Reproposal of Critical Habitat for Three Southeastern Fishes Proposed Rule Final designated
07/27/1979 44 FR 44418 44420 ETWP; Reproposal of Critical Habitat for Three Southeastern Fishes Proposed Rule Unknown
11/29/1977 42 FR 60765 60768 Proposed Endangered Status and Critical Habitat for Four Fishes; 42 FR 60765 60768 Proposed Rule Unknown
Date
Citation Page
Title
Document Type
Status
10/02/2012 77 FR 60179 60206 12-Month Petition Finding, Listing of the Spring Pygmy Sunfish as Threatened, and Designation of Critical Habitat: 12-Month finding; proposed rule. Proposed Rule Proposed
07/27/1979 44 FR 44418 44420 ETWP; Reproposal of Critical Habitat for Three Southeastern Fishes Proposed Rule Final designated
07/27/1979 44 FR 44418 44420 ETWP; Reproposal of Critical Habitat for Three Southeastern Fishes Proposed Rule Unknown
11/29/1977 42 FR 60765 60768 Proposed Endangered Status and Critical Habitat for Four Fishes; 42 FR 60765 60768 Proposed Rule Unknown
CCAA Plan Summaries
Spring Pygmy Sunfish- Belle Mina Farm, Alabama
Spring Pygmy Sunfish - McDonald Farm, Alabama
Spring Pygmy Sunfish - Horton Farms, Alabama
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