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| Scientific Name | Noturus flavipinnis Taylor, 1969 |
| Common Name(s) | Yellowfin Madtom |
| Type Locality | Hines Creek, trib. to Clinch R., Clinton, Anderson Co., Tennessee, U.S.A. |
| Pronunciation | no two russ |
| Etymology | From the Greek notos, meaning back and oura, meaning tail. In reference to the confluent adipose and caudal fins. This specific epithet refers to the yellowish (flavus=yellow) coloring of the dorsal fin (pinna=fin). |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 150mm (5.9") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
| Identification | Robust body. Yellow above, dark mottling and specks; 4 saddles; yellow to white below; yellow fins with dark bands or mottling at middle and near edge. |
| Sexing | Breeding male with swollen lips,enlarged cephalic epaxial muscles, and large bulbous gentital papilla. Female with papilla with deep median groove ending in a small bump |
| General Remarks | Inhabits pools and backwaters around slab rocks, bedrock ledges and tree roots in clear creeks and small rivers. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | North America: USA in Upper Tennessee River drainage in Virginia, Tennessee and Georgia. Populations extant in Copper Creek in Virginia, Powell River in Tennessee and Citico Creek in Tennessee; extirpated from North Fork Holston River in Virginia, Chickamauga Creek in Georgia and Hines Creek in Tennessee. Gulf Coast Drainages, Mississippi, Ohio, Tennessee, Upper Tennessee (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there) |
| pH | 6.2 - 7.0 |
| Temperature | 14.0-22.0°C or 57.2-71.6°F (Show others within this range) |
| Other Parameters | Highly oxygenated water a must. |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Feeding | Readily feeds on live and frozen foods. Will also adapt to flake and prepared foods for the aquarium. |
| Furniture | Provide sand mixed with peat moss,pvc pipes,flat rocks and vegetation . |
| Compatibility | Suitable for a coldwater community tank.Ideal tank mates include small-midsized North american native fishes such as darters and shiners. |
| Suggested Tankmates | Ideal tankmates include small to midsized North American native fishes such as darters and shiners. |
| Breeding | Spawning occurs in the months of may-august. It is difficult in the aquarium however it has been done when wild caught specimens are added to aquariums with warmer temperatures than the river or drainage system they are captured from. |
| Further Information | |
| References | Bull. U. S. Natl. Mus.No. 282 - pp201 - Pls. 4 (fig. 14), 20 (fig. 1) A Field Guide To Freshwater Fishes North America North American Native Fishes for the Home Aquarium American Aquarium Fishes |
| Registered Keepers | None.  Add this species to your "my cats" page. |
| Breeding Reports | None. |
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| Last Update | 2007 May 06 13:01 (species record created: 2003 Aug 16 00:00) |
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