# Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Threatened Species Status for Spring Pygmy Sunfish
> **US Fish and Wildlife Service** · Final rule. · Published 2013-10-02 · Effective 2013-12-02 · 78 FR 60766
## Document
- **Document number:** 2013-23726
- **Category:** endangered-species
- **Sub-agency:** US Fish and Wildlife Service
- **Federal Register citation:** 78 FR 60766
- **CFR reference:** 50 CFR 17
- **Publication date:** 2013-10-02
- **Effective date:** 2013-12-02
- **Interior docket:** Docket No. FWS-R4-ES-2012-0068
## Abstract

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), determine threatened species status under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (Act), as amended, for the spring pygmy sunfish (Elassoma alabamae), which is found in Limestone County, Alabama. The effect of this regulation is to add this species to the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and implement the Federal protections provided by the Act for this species.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2013/10/02/2013-23726/endangered-and-threatened-wildlife-and-plants-threatened-species-status-for-spring-pygmy-sunfish)
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