NPSpecies

The data source confirming park status is over 10 years old. The park status value was chosen due to the lack of current evidence for the occurrence of this species in the park.; Data Source: Britt, 1993

Data Source: Britt, 1993

Data Source: Britt, 1993

Park Species Detail: Britt, 1993: Exoglossum maxillingua, cutlips minnow (resident, native). The cutlips minnow is basically confined to northeastern North America, ranging from eastern Lake Ontario to the upper St. Lawrence River, south into the northeastern U.S. to the Roanoke, Virginia drainage west to Appalachia. They generally prefer slow moving, clear, warm, gravelly bottom streams free from rooted plants and silt, and dwell mostly under rocks in quiet pools. Spawning takes place from May to July. The male builds a nest consisting of small stones piled in a flat circular mound, 12 to 18 inches in diameter. The nest is built in a section of stream that has sufficient current to insure proper change of water, preferably under some sort of cover, like a rock or log. Upon completion of the nest the female enters to mate. Multiple spawning with the same female and different females is not uncommon. The time of egg hatching is unknown, but young stay in the nest for about 6 days. Cutlips minnow have been collected in Rock Creek during the present study., Park Species Data Source: Britt et al 1993.