The brindled madtom (Noturus miurus) is a small catfish of the family Ictaluridae that is native to the eastern United States.

The habitat range is in the eastern United States, west of the Appalachian/Blue Ridge Mountains and from the lower Great Lakes drainage, southwest to Louisiana.

In a 1982 study by Burr and Mayden, the quantitative diet of the brindled madtom was determined via dissection of stomach contents which[2] […] contained mostly dipteran larvae and pupae, ephemeropteran naiads, trichopteran larvae and adult isopods, […], chironomids and simuliids were most frequently eaten.

Brindled madtom egg clutches are a viable food source for multiple opportunistic species including crustaceans, insects, and other fishes.

[3] The brindled madtom thrives in clean, benthic regions of pools in swift streams and rivers that have moderate siltation over a cobble or heavily textured bottom.