Home   Fish List   Supplemental Information   Watersheds   Project Description

Fish Species Description

Smallmouth buffalo

Ictiobus bubalus

(Rafinesque, 1818)

Classification

Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Catostomidae
Alternate Names:

Status:

Freshwater

Notes:

The smallmouth buffalo has also been collected in the Chickamauga Creek system in Tennessee.

Basin Distribution in Georgia:

In Georgia, occurs in the Coosa River basin.

Click here to download an Adobe Acrobat version of the above map that also includes streams.