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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaChordataTeleosteiCypriniformesLeuciscidaeCampostoma

Central Stoneroller
Campostoma anomalum (Rafinesque, 1820)

Taxonomy

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Teleostei
Order Cypriniformes
Family Leuciscidae
Genus Campostoma
Species Campostoma anomalum (Rafinesque, 1820)

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class
Stygoxene
Realm
Aquatic

Distribution

Range

Known from one county in Kentucky.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Kentucky

Counties

Kentucky
Edmonson

Conservation and management

IUCN Red List

LC Least Concern

EXEWCRENVUNTLC▲

Assessed in 2019.

NatureServe

G5 Secure

G1G2G3G4G5▲

National ranks

United States
N5 Secure
Canada
N4 Apparently Secure

Subnational ranks

Iowa
S5 Secure
Texas
S5 Secure
South Dakota
S5 Secure
Arkansas
S4 Apparently Secure
Michigan
S4 Apparently Secure
Missouri
SNR Unranked
Maryland
S5 Secure
Indiana
S5 Secure
New Mexico
S3 Vulnerable
Kansas
S5 Secure
Pennsylvania
S5 Secure
Colorado
S5 Secure
ND
S3 Vulnerable
Tennessee
S5 Secure
Kentucky
S4 Apparently Secure
Connecticut
SNA Not Applicable
Minnesota
SNR Unranked
West Virginia
S5 Secure
Ohio
S5 Secure
Oklahoma
SNR Unranked
North Carolina
S5 Secure
Illinois
S5 Secure
Mississippi
S4 Apparently Secure
South Carolina
S3 Vulnerable
Wisconsin
S5 Secure
New York
S5 Secure
NE
S5 Secure
Louisiana
S1 Critically Imperiled
Georgia
S5 Secure
Wyoming
S4 Apparently Secure
Virginia
S5 Secure
Ontario
S4 Apparently Secure

State and federal status

Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act

How to cite this account

Campostoma anomalum (Rafinesque, 1820). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2254. https://cavebiology.org/species/campostoma-anomalum/ (accessed 7 September 2026).

Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.

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