Swimming for Survival: Meet the Endangered Minnow Found Only in a Few Tennessee Streams
The laurel dace (Chrosomus saylori) is an endangered and rare freshwater minnow native to Tennessee. This fish was first collected by Tennessee Valley Authority ichthyologist Charles Saylor in 1976. It went unnoticed for years due to its similar appearance to nonbreeding individuals of the southern redbelly dace (Chrosomus erythrogaster). Saylor donated his specimens to the […]