For More Information on Tadpole
Madtoms:
Fishes
of Minnesota
Description
and Taxonomic Information
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Distribution:
U.S. and Canada
Origin:
Parts of U.S. and Canada
Characteristics:
Small, chubby, scaleless fish having an adipose fin that is not a flap-like
lobe, 8 barbels that are used to locate food, and a tail fin with a broadly-rounded
margin
Impacts:
None
Management:
None; It is rarely captured or even seen
The tadpole madtom is known from Frenchman's Creek, Hitchcock County
in Nebraska. The presence of it is unintentional in most locations.
It is believed that introduced channel catfish and bullhead stock was contaminated
with tadpole madtoms.
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