Range and Identity
Chrosomus tennesseensis is recorded from the lower Clinch and Holston systems toward the Georgia border within Virginia and Tennessee. This description concerns selected upper Tennessee waters. It should not be expanded to every stream in either state or every neighboring river basin.
Habitat and Behavior
The fish uses pools in spring-fed headwaters with gravel, sand or silt bottoms. Those substrate alternatives matter because a single rock-only description would be too restrictive. The spring-fed pool setting is more informative than the general label mountain stream.
Food and Life History
The upper reference is 7.2 centimeters total length. The checked account does not establish an independent maximum weight, detailed food list or a definite migration pattern. These details cannot be supplied solely from the life history of another similarly colored dace.
Field Note
Record the spring connection and exact headwater locality with a photograph. Such details preserve the habitat evidence and help distinguish neighboring populations of small stream fishes.
All Lakes With Tennessee Dace
Browse lakes and reservoirs with documented Tennessee Dace records, listed alphabetically. Records do not establish current abundance or public access. Check the evidence and managing authority for the water you choose.
No published lakes are currently linked to this species in our confirmed records.