SPECKLED CHUB Macrhybopsis tetranema

RANGE MAP STATUS

CHEYENNE DONIPHAN RAWLINS DECATUR NORTON PHILLIPS SMITH JEWELL REPUBLIC WASHINGTON MARSHALL NEMAHA BROWN : Endangered

CLOUD ATCHISON SHERMAN THOMAS SHERIDAN GRAHAM ROOKS OSBORNE MITCHELL CLAY RILEY POTTAWATOMIE JEFFERSON FEDERAL: N/A - N JACKSON E H WYANDOTTE OTTAWA V T A R LINCOLN E O WALLACE L LOGAN GOVE W TREGO ELLIS RUSSELL

SHAWNEE GEARY SALINE WABAUNSE ELLSWORTH MORRIS OSAGE DOUGLAS JOHNSON MAP KEY GREELEY WICHITA LYON FRANKLIN MIAMI SCOTT LANE NESS RUSH BARTON DICKINSON McPHERSON MARION RICE CHASE COFFEY ANDERSON LINN Probable Historic Range PAWNEE HAMILTON KEARNY FINNEY HODGEMAN RENO GREENWOOD WOODSON ALLEN BOURBON HARVEY STAFFORD SEDGWICK Known Historic Range EDWARDS STANTON PRATT GRANT HASKELL KIOWA KINGMAN CRAWFORD ELK GRAY FORD BUTLER MEADE WILSON NEOSHO MORTON CLARK SUMNER COWLEY STEVENS SEWARD HARPER MONT- LABETTE CHEROKEE Designated Critical Habitat CHAUTAUQUA GOMERY

COMANCHE BARBER

SPECIES DESCRIPTION This small (2 3/4 inches) chub has a slender, nearly transparent body with small dark dots scattered on its back. The fish’s mouth is small and ventral with four prominent barbels. This species prefers shallow channels of permanently flowing streams where currents flow over clean fine sand. It avoids calm waters and silted stream bottoms. This fish is found in the lower Arkansas River and its major tributaries. The species of chub found in the Arkansas River basin formerly occurred as far west as Holcomb in both the Arkansas River main stem and the lower reaches of the river’s larger tributaries. Due to dewatering of western Kansas streams, the fish is now restricted to the lower portions of the river’s basin in Kansas.

SPECIES PROTECTION AND DESIGNATED CRITICAL HABITATS CRITICAL HABITATS As defined by Kansas Administrative Regulations, critical habitats include those areas doc- Arkansas River Speckled Chubs with- umented as currently supporting self-sustaining population(s) of any threatened or endangered in the Arkansas River basin are protect- species of wildlife as well as those areas determined by the Kansas Department of Wildlife and ed by the Kansas Nongame and Parks to be essential for the conservation of any threatened or endangered species of wildlife. Endangered Species Conservation Act Currently, the following areas are designated critical for Arkansas River Speckled Chubs: and administrative regulations applica- ble thereto. Any time an eligible project (1) The main stem Arkansas River from the U.S. 281 crossing in Sec. 33, T19S, R13W, is proposed that will impact the species’ Barton County, to the Kansas-Oklahoma border in Sec. 18, T35S, R5E, Cowley County. preferred habitats within its probable range, the project sponsor must contact (2) The main stem Medicine Lodge River from the point it enters Barber County at Sec. 18, the Environmental Services Section, T30S, R15W, to the Kansas-Oklahoma border in Sec. 13, T35S, R10W. Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, 512 SE 25th Ave., Pratt, Kansas (3) The main stem North Fork Ninnescah River from Dam in Sec. 6, 67124-8174. Department personnel can T27S, R3W, Sedgwick County to its confluence with the South Fork Ninnescah in Sec. 36, then advise the project sponsor on per- T28S, R4W, Sedgwick County. mit requirements. (4) The main stem South Fork Ninnescah River from the Pratt County Lake in Sec. 7, T28S, R12W to its confluence with the North Fork Ninnescah in Sec. 36, T28S, R4W, Sedgwick County.

(5) The main stem Ninnescah River from its origin in Sec. 36, T28S, R4W, Sedgwick County to its confluence with the Arkansas River in Sec. 25, T31S, R2E, Sumner County.

KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE AND PARKS Effective January 2005 6 Subject to future revisions