Scioto madtom

Scioto madtom
Conservation status
Extinct  (2013) (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Ictaluridae
Genus:	Noturus
Species:	†N. trautmani
Binomial name
†Noturus trautmani , 1969

The Scioto madtom (Noturus trautmani) was a species of fish in the family Ictaluridae. It is listed as extinct by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, which notes that it has likely been entirely or functionally extinct since 1957 given the lack of records since that year.^[2]

This fish was endemic to Ohio in the United States. Only one population was ever known; it was located in Big Darby Creek, a tributary of the Scioto River. Eighteen specimens were collected, all at one riffle in this creek, an area called Trautman's Riffle. It has not been seen since 1957.^[3]

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Further reading[]

• Platt, John R. (2 December 2013). "Tiny Ohio Catfish Species, Last Seen in 1957, Declared Extinct". Scientific American Blog Network.
• Kibbey, Marc (1 February 2016). "A State Treasure: Gone But Not Forgotten". OSU Bio Museum.
• Orner, Ben (1 October 2021). "This fish only found near Columbus was just declared extinct". NBC4 WCMH-TV.
• "The Endangered Species List Is Full of Ghosts". Medium. Popular Science. 27 February 2019.
• Bethea, Jesse (22 April 2021). "The Lost Fish of Ohio". Columbus Underground.
• Trautman, Milton B (1981). "Scioto madtom". The fishes of Ohio. Ohio State University Press. p. 503. doi:10.2307/j.ctv18bv9k3. ISBN 978-0-8142-0213-5. JSTOR j.ctv18bv9k3.

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