Known from Apalachicola River drainage in Georgia, Alabama and Florida, USA (but absent in Chattahoochee River system north of Cedar Creek in Houston County, Alabama) (Ref. 86798). Restricted to the Apalachicola River drainage; tributaries to the east and west side of the river and is present in many Chipola River tributaries in Florida and extreme SE Alabama. Also occurs in the tributaries of the Flint R. from its mouth upstream to the Fall Line Hills in Taylor County, Georgia; and, few tributaries of Chattahoochee River in SE Alabama (Ref. 40813).