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The topminnow was finally given federal protection in 2019, but its future is still in doubt partially because the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has not defined its critical habitat — the areas that must be protected in order for it to recover. The topminnow was finally given federal protection in 2019, but its future is still in doubt partially because the US Fish and Wildlife Service has not defined its critical habitat — the areas that must be protected in order for it to recover.
But sometime in the 1960s or 1970s, the Western mosquitofish was introduced in a misguided effort to control mosquitos — they eat mosquito larvae, but so do Barrens topminnows. Everywhere the mosquitofish has been introduced, the topminnow has disappeared. Barrens topminnows are named for where they live — Tennessee’s Barrens Plateau, so called for the relative lack of trees. The snail darter fight weakened public and political appetite for listing another small Tennessee fish as endangered. The listing stalled, with the Barrens topminnow popping up occasionally in the National Register over the ensuing decades as being under review. In the 1990s and 2000s, the Fish and Wildlife Service inked conservation agreements with farmers like Raymond Cooper that sought to protect topminnow habitat by fencing cattle out of the few springs where they still lived.
A juvenile endangered Barrens Topminnow is handled in a nest in this undated photo provided by Tennessee Aquarium. The Barrens topminnow spent more than 40 years in endangered species limbo—under an on-and-off review in which the fish’s chances of being saved suffered from the acrimony created during a highly-publicized fight to save another tiny Southeastern fish, the snail darter. Fish and Wildlife Service has not defined its critical habitat—the areas that must be protected in order for it to recover. Fish and Wildlife Service has not defined its critical habitat — the areas that must be protected in order for it to recover. Barrens topminnows are named for where they live — Tennessee’s Barrens Plateau, so called for the relative lack of trees. Small waterfalls and cascades isolate the waters of the plateau, keeping downstream fish from invading the topminnow’s territory.
Endangered Topminnow
In this undated photo provided by Tennessee Aquarium, curator of fishes Matt Hamilton, left, and aquarist Adam Johnson carry oxygenated bags filled with endangered barrens topminnows to a Middle Tennessee release site. The tiny, iridescent Barrens topminnow spent more than 40 years in endangered species limbo — under on-and-off review but never officially listed as endangered. It was finally given federal protection in 2019, but its future is still in doubt. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says they hope to propose designated critical habitat by the end of 2022.
“If we hadn’t rescued these 64, this entire genetic population of Barrens topminnows would have disappeared,” Kuhajda said. “This species would have been one step closer to extinction, and it’s not many steps away now.” It was a crisp fall day when biologist Bernie Kuhajda drove to a nondescript trickle of water running through a Middle Tennessee cow pasture to try to keep a small, brightly colored fish from becoming extinct. “If we hadn’t rescued these 64, this entire genetic population of Barrens topminnows would have disappeared,” Kuhajda said.
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