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Forth Carolina Mussel Atlas <br />htip:llwww.nowild itfe- or.g/pgD7 ldtife.SpeciesConIpg7b l a 1 20.htm <br />(Fishing and L. Fishing creek subbasins), Halifax Co. (L. Fishing Cr. <br />Subbasin). Roanoke River Basin: person C6. (Ma, yp Cr. Subbasin), <br />C vv 11 Co.' (Country Line Creek Subbasin), Granville Co. (Aarons <br />Cr.- Subbasin). NOTE All headwater areas that flow into these <br />ocoupied habitats should receive special management <br />Habitat Preferences. ' <br />This species has bean taken from silt; sand, gravel, qnd mixed <br />substrates. Throughout its range it has been found -from headwater <br />streams to large rivers and lakes to a depth of meters (Gordon and <br />Layzer 9�9 }, <br />'Life History . <br />This specie is a long term brooder with gravid females -being found <br />thr6ugh6ut the year Gordon and Layzer 1989). He' 'rrnaphroditic . <br />creepers have occasionally been found (van der Schalie . y'197'0). Ellis <br />and .KeIrn (19'18) 'identihed'the green sunfish (Lepomis cyanellus) as <br />one fish host, and. Baker (1928) identified the creek. chub (SeMotilus <br />efror'rraculatus) wind -the largemouth bass (Micropteru salmoides) as <br />other fish hosts. <br />s <br />Return Lo.Tbp of Page <br />Return -to S ecies List <br />Return t6 Mussel Atlas home a e <br />