CHAPTER IV: WILDLIFE HABITATS FOR MISSISSIPPI’S SGCN,
THREATS AND CONSSERVATION ACTIONS^202shallow riffles. Survival of some species may depend on off channel habitats and prolonged
flooding over alluvial plains.SPECIES OF GREATEST CONSERVATION NEED ASSOCIATED WITH
TOMBIGBEE DRAINAGE
GROUP SCIENTIFIC NAME COMMON NAME TIER
Amphibians Pseudotriton ruber Red Salamander 3
Crustaceans Hobbseus cristatus A Crayfish 1
Hobbseus orconectoides Oktibbeha Rivulet Crayfish 1
Hobbseus petilus Tombigbee Rivulet Crayfish 1
Orconectes mississippiensis A Crayfish 1
Procambarus lagniappe Lagniappe Crayfish 1
Hobbseus prominens A Crayfish 2
Orconectes jonesi A Crayfish 2
Procambarus lecontei Mobile Crayfish 2
Cambarus girardianus A Crayfish 3
Fish Percina lenticula Freckled Darter 1
Alosa alabamae Alabama Shad 1
Crystallaria asprella Crystal Darter 1
Noturus munitus Frecklebelly Madtom 1
Scaphirhynchus suttkusi Alabama Sturgeon 1
Etheostoma zonifer Backwater Darter 1
Moxostoma carinatum River Redhorse 2
Cycleptus meridionalis Southeastern Blue Sucker 2
Ichthyomyzon castaneus Chestnut Lamprey 2
Stizostedion sp 1 Southern Walleye 2
Notropis candidus Silverside Shiner 2
Notropis edwardraneyi Fluvial Shiner 2
Ammocrypta meridiana Southern Sand Darter 2
Cyprinella callistia Alabama Shiner 2
Etheostoma lachneri Tombigbee Darter 2
Fundulus dispar Northern Starhead Topminnow 2
Polyodon spathula Paddlefish 3
Hypentelium etowanum Alabama Hog Sucker 3
Etheostoma rupestre Rock Darter 3
Percina kathae Mobile Logperch 3
Moxostoma erythrurum Golden Redhorse 3
Mussels Elliptio arca Alabama Spike 1
Elliptio arctata Delicate Spike 1
Epioblasma penita Southern Combshell 1
Lampsilis perovalis Orange-Nacre Mucket 1
Lasmigona complanata alabamensis Alabama Heelsplitter 1
Ligumia recta Black Sandshell 1