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Slender Madtom

Noturus exilis

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Missouri.January 78, February 90, March 109, April 200, May 258, June 108, July 91, August 93, September 99, October 90, November 74, December 74.
United States4,738
Missouri1,365
Texas856
Arkansas734
Oklahoma706
Kansas277
Tennessee202
Illinois184
Iowa170
Canada125

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • AquaticLives primarily in waterFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassRay-finned Fishes · Actinopterygii
OrderCatfishes · Siluriformes
FamilyNorth American Freshwater Catfishes · Ictaluridae
GenusMadtoms · Noturus

Sources

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