The UTEIC is a major repository of threatened and endangered fish specimens. These fish include over 40 species of threatened Percidae including species such as Etheostoma okaloosae, Etheostoma rubrum, and Percina tanasi that since their collection have become endangered and are rare or absent in most major fish collections. In a few cases, species represented by a substantial number of lots in UTEIC were collected when they were once abundant but are likely now extinct such as Erimystax cahni. Unfortunately, as degredation of aquatic habitats in the southeastern United States continues, UTEIC lots of many species are likely to only increase in importance.

In addition, the general public and numerous state and federal agencies, conservation groups, environmental consultants, and legal council rely on our specimens for general information and for data critical to biodiversity, habitat management, and conservation decisions.

The following list contains UTEIC species holdings that are (either federal or state or both) engangered, theatened, vulnerable, or in need of management listed species.

Petromyzontidae
Ichthyomyzon gagei
I.unicuspis

Acipenseridae
Acipenser brevirostrum
A.fulvescens
A.oxyrhynchus
Scaphirhynchus albus
S. platorynchus

Lepisosteidae
Atractosteus spatula

Clupeidae
Alosa alabamae

Cyprinidae
Cyprinella caerulea
C. callisema
C. callitaenia
C. monacha
C. xaenura
Erimonax monachus
Erimystax cahni
Hemitremia flammea
Hybognathus placitus
Hybopsis lineapunctata
Macrhybopsis sp. cf aestivalis
M. gelida
M. meeki
Notropis albizonatus
N. buccatus
N. cahabae
N. dorsalis
N. mekistocholas
N. melanostomus
N. rubellus
N. rupestris
N. stilbius
Phoxinus cumberlandensis
Ph. saylori
Ph. tennesseensis
Ph. sp. cf. erythrogaster
Semotilus lumbee

Catostomidae
Carpiodes velifer
Cycleptus elongatus
Moxostoma atripinne
M. robustum
M. sp., sicklefin redhorse

Ictaluridae
Noturus baileyi
N. crypticus
N. fasciatus
N. flavipinnis
N. furiosus
N. gilberti
N. gladiator
N. munitus
N. stanauli

Fundulidae
Fundulusjulisia
F. waccamensis

Atherinidae
Menidia extensa

Elassomatidae
Elassoma alabamae

Percidae
Ammocrypta beani
A. clara
A. vivax
Crystallaria asprella
Etheostoma acuticeps
E. aquali
E. baileyi
E. barbouri
E. barrenense
E. bellum
E. boschungi
*E. brevirostrum
E. chermocki
E chienense
E. chuckwachatte
E. cinereum
E. corona

Percidae Cont.
E. ditrema
E. douglasi
E. etowahae
E forbesi
E gutselli
E. luteovinctum
E. maculatum
E. mariae
E. marmorpinnum
E. microlepidum
E. moorei
E. neopterum
E. nuchale
E. okaloosae
E. Olivaceum
E. osburni
E. peltnurum
E. pseudovulatum
E. pyrrhogaster
E. raneyi
E. rubrum
E. sagitta
E scotti
E. sitikuense
E. striatulum
E. tippecanoe
E. trisella
E. tuscumbia
E wapiti
Percina antesella
P. aurantiaca
P. aurolineata
P. aurora
P. brevicauda
P. burtoni
Pertina (Alvordius) sp., bridled darter
P. jenkinsi
P. lenticula
P. macrocephala
P. phoxocephala
P. rex p
P. squamata
P. tanasi
P. williamsi

*Species preceded with an asterisk are currently considered to be complexes of two to several species or subspecies.  

References:

• Etnier, D. A., G. W. Benz, and D. E. Collins. 1997. Jeopardized southeastern freshwater fishes: a search for causes. Aquatic fauna in peril: the southeastern perspective. Southeast Aquatic Research Institute Special Publication 1. 87-104.
• Tennessee Natural Heritage Program Rare Animals List March 2009 animal_list