At the time, the Barrens topminnow was surviving in just two locations. From Wordnik.com. [WTVC NewsChannel 9: Chattanooga News, Weather, Radar, Sports, Lottery : News] Reference
He points to this new work environment for the increase in topminnow births. From Wordnik.com. [WTVC NewsChannel 9: Chattanooga News, Weather, Radar, Sports, Lottery : News] Reference
The Barrens topminnow was first discovered in 1983 in a handful of locations in middle Tennessee. From Wordnik.com. [WTVC NewsChannel 9: Chattanooga News, Weather, Radar, Sports, Lottery : News] Reference
But instead of federally listing the fish, officials decided to try working with area landowners to protect the habitat and begin an unprecedented restoration pilot project to save the Barrens topminnow. From Wordnik.com. [WTVC NewsChannel 9: Chattanooga News, Weather, Radar, Sports, Lottery : News] Reference
Streams support several distinctive fishes including rock bass, black redhorse, banded sculpin, blackspotted topminnow, spottail darter, and stripetail darter (Smith, 1971, p. 7; Schwegman, 1973, p. 28); in Illinois, the latter three species are restricted to the southern part of the state (Illinois Natural History Survey, on-line resource). From Wordnik.com. [Ecoregions of Illinois (EPA)] Reference
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