Hurricane Creek Species List

To date my field group has found 26 fish species in Hurricane Creek within the Walls of Jericho tract in Alabama. This is not the definitive list. I know that a group from Auburn University found other species such as white suckers and greenside darters by electroshocking. We also haven't found any Noturus catfish species or streamline chubs (Erimystax dissimilis), all of which are found in Estill Fork just to the west. I've also removed banded darters (Etheostoma zonale) from the list after examining my collection from June 2; what I had thought was a banded darter turns out to be an unusual looking redline darter (Eth. rufilineatum) instead. It turns out that 12 of these 26 species are listed as Vulnerable or more threatened in Alabama, indicated on the list below:

Species status in Alabama, from information posted on NatureServe, is indicated in parentheses following each species. Only those listed as S3 (Vulnerable), S2 (Imperiled) or S1 (Critically Imperiled) are indicated.

Percidae (8)
Etheostoma caeruleum
Eth. duryi
Eth. jessiae (S3)
Eth. kennicotti (S3)
Eth. rufilineatum (S3)
Eth. simoterum (S3)
Percina burtoni (S1)
P. caprodes

Centrarchidae (2):
Ambloplites rupestris
Lepomis megalotis

Catostomidae (1):
Hypentelium nigricans

Cottidae (1):
Cottus carolinae

Cyprinidae (12):
Campostoma oligolepis
Hemitremia flammea (S3)
Hybopsis amblops (S3)
Luxilus chrysocephalus
Lythrurus fasciolaris
Notropis albizonatus (S1)
N. leuciodus (S1)
N. sp. “sawfin shiner” (S2)
N. telescopus (S3)
Pimephales notatus
Rhinichthys atratulus
Semotilus atromaculatus

Cyprinodontidae (2):
Fundulus catenatus (S3)
F. olivaceus