Brown madtom explained

The brown madtom (Noturus phaeus) is a species of madtom catfish native to the southern United States.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Distribution

The distribution of the brown madtom includes disjunct tributaries of the Mississippi River from the Obion River in Tennessee and Kentucky south to southwestern Mississippi and central and northern Louisiana extending to extreme southern Arkansas. It occupies creeks and small rivers with sand-gravel riffles and runs with debris, rocks, and undercut banks.^{[1] [3]}

Notes and References

1. Book: Peterson Field Guide to Freshwater Fishes of North America north of Mexico . 2nd . Lawrence M. . Page . Brooks M. . Burr . Houghton Mifflin Harcourt . 2011 . New York . 228–229 . 978-0547242064.
2. Book: Ross, Stephen T. . The Inland Fishes of Mississippi . 2002 . University Press of Mississippi . 978-1578062461 . 172–174.
3. Web site: Brown Madtom Noturus phaeus . Florida Museum of Natural History . October 3, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151005014231/http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/catfish/ictaluridae/brownmadtom.htm . October 5, 2015 . dead .