Range and Identity
Notropis maculatus is recorded in Atlantic, Gulf and Mississippi drainages from the Cape Fear toward the Sabine, extending north in the former Mississippi Embayment. Florida is included except its extreme southern tip in the compiled account. These limits should remain attached to historical records.
Habitat and Behavior
The fish is usually near vegetation in swamps, ponds, river pools and backwaters, including oxbow lakes. This is a quiet-water association rather than a dependence on one particular waterbody type. The occupied margin can matter more than the size of the surrounding river.
Food and Life History
The upper reference is 7.6 centimeters total length, with 5.2 centimeters as common. Foods include cladocerans, copepods, ostracods, rotifers, unicellular algae and small fly larvae. The mixture does not support calling the species exclusively herbivorous or exclusively insectivorous.
Field Note
Record the vegetation and off-channel setting when possible. An oxbow or backwater observation should not be presented as proof of use of the river's fastest open channel.
All Lakes With Taillight Shiner
Browse lakes and reservoirs with documented Taillight Shiner records, listed alphabetically. Records do not establish current abundance or public access. Check the evidence and managing authority for the water you choose.
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- Bartholomew Lake Ouachita, LA
- Caddo Lake Caddo, LA
- Lake Lafourche Morehouse, LA
- Lake Providence East Carroll, LA