CHAPTER IV: WILDLIFE HABITATS FOR MISSISSIPPI’S SGCN,
THREATS AND CONSSERVATION ACTIONS^210adjacent lands also impact the Big Black and its tributaries.
Because of its high conservation priority rank and the decline in quality of stream habitats in this
drainage, the Big Black Drainage is considered imperiled in Mississippi.
12.6.a. Small streams. (see 12.2a for definition).
12.6.b. Loess Hills Streams. (see 12.5b for definition).
12.6.c. Medium streams. (see 12.2b for definition).
12.6.d. Large Streams. (see 12.3c for definition).SPECIES OF GREATEST CONSERVATION NEED ASSOCIATED WITH
BIG BLACK RIVER DRAINAGE
GROUP SCIENTIFIC NAME COMMON NAME TIER
Amphibians Pseudotriton ruber Red Salamander 3
Fish Noturus gladiiator Piebald Madtom 1
Cycleptus elongatus Blue Sucker 2
Ichthyomyzon castaneus Chestnut Lamprey 2
Fundulus dispar Northern Starhead Topminnow 2
Notropis amnis Pallid Shiner 2
Etheostoma asprigene Mud Darter 3
Ictiobus niger Black Buffalo 3
Polyodon spathula Paddlefish 3
Notropis sabinae Sabine Shiner 3
Moxostoma erythrurum Golden Redhorse 3
Ammocrypta clara Western Sand Darter 4
Mussels Obovaria jacksoniana Southern Hickorynut 1
Pleurobema rubrum Pyramid Pigtoe 1
Quadrula cylindrica cylindrica Rabbitsfoot 1
Anodontoides radiatus Rayed Creekshell 2
Arcidens confragosus Rock Pocketbook 2
Ellipsaria lineolata Butterfly 2
Lampsilis cardium Plain Pocketbook 2
Quadrula nodulata Wartyback 2
Uniomerus declivis Tapered Pondhorn 2
Lampsilis siliquoidea Fatmucket 3
Truncilla truncata Deertoe 3
Reptiles Macrochelys temminckii Alligator Snapping Turtle 2