Missouri Department of Conservation
HELLBENDER, EASTERN

Summary information for HELLBENDER, EASTERN

Common Name
HELLBENDER, EASTERN
Scientific Name
CRYPTOBRANCHUS ALLEGANIENSIS ALLEGANIENSIS
Status
FEDERAL ENDANGERED, NONGAME, STATE ENDANGERED, STATE RANK S1, GLOBAL RANK G3G4T3T4
Primary Habitat
"Aquatic - river/stream"
Preferred Habitat
"Inhabit riffles in streams with gravel or rubble bottoms. Usually in water less than 1.3 m deep. Lay eggs under large flat rocks."
Distribution
"Occurs in the Ozark plateau in rivers draining into the Missouri and Mississippi rivers *01*."
County List
CAMDEN, CRAWFORD, DALLAS, DENT, FRANKLIN, JEFFERSON, LACLEDE, OSAGE, PHELPS, PULASKI, ST. LOUIS, TEXAS
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