Summary information for
HELLBENDER, OZARK
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Common Name |
HELLBENDER, OZARK |
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Scientific Name |
CRYPTOBRANCHUS ALLEGANIENSIS BISHOPI |
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Status |
FEDERAL CANDIDATE, NONGAME, STATE ENDANGERED, STATE RANK S1, GLOBAL RANK G3G4T1Q |
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Primary Habitat Association |
Aquatic - river/stream |
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Preferred Habitat |
Inhabit riffles in streams with gravel or rubble bottoms. Lay eggs under large flat rocks. |
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Distribution |
Found in south Missouri in the Black river and the North Fork of the White river *01*. |
Known to
occur in
these
counties: |
CARTER, DENT, DOUGLAS, OREGON, OZARK, SHANNON |
