The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has designated 524 river miles of critical habitat in Mississippi for the threatened Pearl darter.

The Pearl darter is a small, snub-nosed fish with a black spot at the base of its tail fin. Darters live on river bottoms and use the spaces between rocks for hiding and breeding.

Due to oil and gas development, dams, mining, urbanization, and agriculture, the species has been wiped out in their namesake river and have lost 64 percent of their historic range in Mississippi and Louisiana. The Southeastern Fishes Council recently named the Pearl darter as…

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By: Caleb Salers
Title: Threatened fish species receives over 500 river miles of protection in Mississippi
Sourced From: www.supertalk.fm/threatened-fish-species-receives-over-500-river-miles-of-protection-in-mississippi/
Published Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2023 23:00:28 +0000

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