Creek Chub
Semotilus atromaculatus (Mitchill, 1818)
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Class | Teleostei |
| Order | Cypriniformes |
| Family | Leuciscidae |
| Genus | Semotilus |
| Species | Semotilus atromaculatus (Mitchill, 1818) |
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Stygoxene
- Realm
- Aquatic
Distribution
Range
Known from eight counties across three states.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Alabama, Kentucky, Tennessee
Counties
- Alabama
- Jackson, Lawrence, Madison, Marshall, Morgan
- Kentucky
- Breckinridge, Edmonson
- Tennessee
- Coffee
Conservation and management
IUCN Red List
LC Least Concern
Assessed in 2013.
NatureServe
G5 Secure
National ranks
- United States
- N5 Secure
- Canada
- N5 Secure
Subnational ranks
- Delaware
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Indiana
- S5 Secure
- North Dakota
- SNR Unranked
- Georgia
- S5 Secure
- North Carolina
- S5 Secure
- Texas
- S3 Vulnerable
- District of Columbia
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Wisconsin
- S5 Secure
- Michigan
- S5 Secure
- Kentucky
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Minnesota
- SNR Unranked
- New Hampshire
- S5 Secure
- Louisiana
- S5 Secure
- Colorado
- S5 Secure
- Illinois
- S5 Secure
- Connecticut
- S5 Secure
- Massachusetts
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Oklahoma
- SNR Unranked
- Montana
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Utah
- SNA Not Applicable
- Nebraska
- S5 Secure
- Tennessee
- S5 Secure
- Kansas
- S5 Secure
- South Carolina
- S5 Secure
- Alabama
- S5 Secure
- Maine
- S4 Apparently Secure
- New Jersey
- S5 Secure
- Pennsylvania
- S5 Secure
- Missouri
- SNR Unranked
- Mississippi
- S5 Secure
- Vermont
- S5 Secure
- Arkansas
- S4 Apparently Secure
- South Dakota
- S5 Secure
- New Mexico
- S3 Vulnerable
- New York
- S5 Secure
- Maryland
- S5 Secure
- Ohio
- S5 Secure
- Wyoming
- S5 Secure
- Iowa
- S5 Secure
- Virginia
- S5 Secure
- West Virginia
- S5 Secure
- Nova Scotia
- S5 Secure
- Manitoba
- S5 Secure
- Ontario
- S5 Secure
- New Brunswick
- S5 Secure
- Saskatchewan
- S3 Vulnerable
- Quebec
- S5 Secure
State and federal status
Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act
References
- Barr, T.C., Jr. & Kuehne, R.A. 1971. Ecological studies in the Mammoth Cave system of Kentucky. II. The Ecosystem. Annales de Speleologie 26: 47–96. doi:10.5038/1827-806X.3.1.10
- McGregor, S.W., Rheams, K.F., O'Neil, P.E., Moser, P.H. & Blackwood, R. 1994. Biological, geological, and hydrological investigations in Bobcat, Matthews, and Shelta caves and other selected caves in north Alabama. Geological Survey of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA. 226 pp.
- McGregor, S.W., O'Neil, P.E., Rheams, K.F., Moser, P.H. & Blackwood, R. 1997. Biological, geological, and hydrological investigations in Bobcat, Matthews, and Shelta caves and other selected caves in north Alabama. Geological Survey of Alabama Bulletin 166: 1–198.
- Niemiller, M.L., Anderson, C.L., Maxwell, E.C., Midgette, H., Quering, C., Richards, M., Wilson, K. & Wirwa, N. 2025. A noteworthy range extension of the federally endangered Alabama Cave Shrimp (Palaemonias alabamae) south of the Tennessee River in northern Alabama. Southeastern Naturalist 24: N47-N58. doi:10.1656/058.024.0403
- Pearson, W.D. & Boston, C.H., Jr. 1995. Distribution and status of the northern cavefish, Amblyopsis spelaea. Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Division of Fish and Wildlife, Nongame and Endangered Wildlife Program,, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. 99 pp.
- Poulson, T.L. 1961. Cave adaptation in amblyopsid cavefishes. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. 185 pp. doi:10.7302/9847
- Ray, C.K., Tan, M. & Armbruster, J.W. 2014. First record of Chrosomus erythrogaster (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) in the Mobile Basin. Southeastern Naturalist 13: N33-N36. doi:10.1656/058.013.0402
- Rheams, K.F., Moser, P.H. & McGregor, S.W. 1992. Geologic, hydrologic, and biologic investigations in Arrowwood, Bobcat, Matthews, and Shelta caves and selected caves, Madison, County, Alabama. Geological Survey of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA. 262 pp.
- Rheams, K.F., Moser, P.H. & McGregor, S.W. 1994. Hydrogeologic and biologic factors related to the occurrence of the Alabama cave shrimp (Palaemonias alabamae), Madison County, Alabama. Geological Survey of Alabama Bulletin 161: 1–147.
How to cite this account
Semotilus atromaculatus (Mitchill, 1818). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2925. https://cavebiology.org/species/semotilus-atromaculatus/ (accessed 7 September 2026).
Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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