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LAWRENCE CO.SC-7GILES CO.ELK RIVERTENNESSEEALABAMAAC-8AC-7ER-23ER-24ER-22AC-6ER-21AC-4ANDERSON CREEKAC-5SC-4SUGARSC-6SC-5ER-10ER-11SHOAL CREEKSH-4SH-3ER-14SH-2ER-20ER-19ER-18ER-17ER-16SH-1ER-15SULPHURSU-1CREEKSC-3CREEKSC-2SC-1ER-9ER-12ER-13ER-8LAUDERDALE CO.AC-1AC-3AC-2ER-6ER-7BIGBC-1CREEKER-2ER-1ELK RIVERER-3ER-4ER-5LIMESTONE CO.SCALE5 0 5 miles5 05 kilometersEtheostoma wapiti collectedEtheostoma wapiti not collectedTENNESSEERIVERFigure 3. Sampling stations where the boulder darter, Etheostoma wapiti, was collected inthe Elk River system, 2004.16
darters although there was suitable slab-boulder habitat available at the station.STREAMLINE CHUB, Erimystax dissimilis, high conservation concern.Streamline chubs were collected in nine samples at seven stations (fig. 4, app. A, B).Within the Elk River system in Alabama, the species was previously known from onlyone locality in Sugar Creek (Mettee and others, 2002, Mettee, 2004b). In this study,streamline chubs were found in Big, Sulphur, and Sugar Creeks and at two stations inthe main stem at the upper end of Gallus Island and river mile 34.5. Althoughuncommon at most stations, collections at stations SC-2, SC-3, and SC-6 in SugarCreek produced from six to nine individuals (app. A, B). Collections in Big and SulphurCreeks are new tributary records, and the collections at Gallus Island are newdownstream range extensions in the main stem of the Elk River. Discovery of thesenew localities in the system is probably more related to lack of previous collection effortat the stations than to a range expansion by the species in recent years. Most of thenew localities are accessible mainly by boat and had not been frequently sampled, if atall, in the past. Etnier and Starnes (1993) reported numerous localities for streamlinechubs in the Elk River upstream of the Alabama state line. Streamline chubs are alsofound in the Shoal Creek and Paint Rock River systems in Alabama (Mettee andothers, 1996; Mettee and others, 2002; Boschung and Mayden, 2004a). The overalldistribution of the species is in the Tennessee, Cumberland, and upper Ohio Riverdrainages (Harris, 1980).SHOAL CHUB, Macrhybopsis hyostoma, high conservation concern. Ourcollection efforts produced only a single specimen of the shoal chub, which wascollected over a gravel shoal at river mile 34.5 just across the state line in Tennessee(ER-24) (fig. 5, app. A, B). In Alabama, the species is known from only a few localitiesfrom the main channel of the Elk River from Mason Island upstream to near theAlabama-Tennessee state line (Mettee and others, 1996; Etnier and Starnes, 1993;Mettee and others, 2002; B.R. Kuhajda, pers. comm.; Boschung and Mayden, 2004a,b). Boschung and Mayden (2004b) reported their belief that the population in the ElkRiver is in danger of extirpation in Alabama. Results of this study support that opinion.17
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