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chemical spills may have detrimental effects on this species, as well as 
others inhabiting the lower Cane River. The Sharphead darter should be 
considered an endangered species in North Carolina. 
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS .— The authors would like to thank Dr. E. F. 
Menhinick, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, for the use of his 
excellent field notes, and Dr. J. F. McCormick and the Ecology Program 
at the University of Tennessee for support and the use of a vehicle. 
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Accepted 22 January 1979 
