Smallmouth Buffalo
Ictiobus bubalus (Rafinesque, 1818)
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Class | Teleostei |
| Order | Cypriniformes |
| Family | Catostomidae |
| Genus | Ictiobus |
| Species | Ictiobus bubalus (Rafinesque, 1818) |
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Stygoxene
- Realm
- Aquatic
Distribution
Range
Known from one county in Alabama.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Alabama
Counties
- Alabama
- Morgan
Conservation and management
IUCN Red List
LC Least Concern
Assessed in 2019.
NatureServe
G5 Secure
National ranks
- United States
- N5 Secure
- Canada
- NNA
Subnational ranks
- Georgia
- S3 Vulnerable
- South Dakota
- S5 Secure
- Michigan
- SNR Unranked
- Pennsylvania
- S5 Secure
- Kansas
- S5 Secure
- Wisconsin
- S5 Secure
- Iowa
- S5 Secure
- Minnesota
- SNR Unranked
- New Mexico
- S3 Vulnerable
- Tennessee
- S5 Secure
- Missouri
- SNR Unranked
- Arkansas
- S4 Apparently Secure
- ND
- SNR Unranked
- Louisiana
- S5 Secure
- Kentucky
- S4 Apparently Secure
- NE
- SU Unrankable
- Alabama
- S5 Secure
- Indiana
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Texas
- S5 Secure
- Oklahoma
- SNR Unranked
- North Carolina
- S1 Critically Imperiled
- Illinois
- S3 Vulnerable
- West Virginia
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Arizona
- SNA Not Applicable
- Montana
- S5 Secure
- Mississippi
- S5 Secure
- Ohio
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Ontario
- SNA Not Applicable
State and federal status
Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act
References
- Armstrong, J.G. & Williams, J.D. 1971. Cave and spring fishes of the southern bend of the Tennessee River. Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science 46: 107–115.
- 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
How to cite this account
Ictiobus bubalus (Rafinesque, 1818). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2532. https://cavebiology.org/species/ictiobus-bubalus/ (accessed 6 September 2026).
Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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