Status
NONGAME, STATE ENDANGERED, STATE RANK S1, GLOBAL RANK G5
Preferred Habitat
"Occurs in diverse habitats. May be found in pools of small creeks with moderately clear water over gravel and bedrock bottom, or in large, turbid rivers with swift current and bottom of fine sand and gravel."
County List
ANDREW, ATCHISON, BOONE, BUCHANAN, CALLAWAY, CAPE GIRARDEAU, CARROLL, CHARITON, COLE, COOPER, FRANKLIN, GASCONADE, HOLT, HOWARD, JEFFERSON, LAFAYETTE, MISSISSIPPI, MONITEAU, MONTGOMERY, OSAGE, PEMISCOT, PERRY, PLATTE, RAY, SALINE, SCOTT, ST. CHARLES, ST. LOUIS, STE. GENEVIEVE, WARREN