Biology:Creole darter
| Creole darter | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Percidae |
| Genus: | Etheostoma |
| Species: | E. collettei
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| Etheostoma collettei (Birdsong & Knapp, 1969)
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The Creole darter (Etheostoma collettei) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish, a darter from the subfamily Etheostomatinae, part of the family Percidae, which also contains the perches, ruffes and pikeperches. It is endemic to the Eastern United States, where it occurs in the Ouachita, Red, Calcasieu and Sabine River drainages in Arkansas and Louisiana. It inhabits gravel riffles, current-swept vegetation and debris in creeks and small to medium rivers. This species can reach a length of 7.4 cm (2.9 in).[2] The creole darter was first formally described in 1969 by Ray S. Bridsong and Leslie William Knapp with the type locality given as the Dugdemona River, Jackson Parish, Louisiana.[3]
Etymology
The specific name honours of the United States ichthyologist Bruce Baden Collette, then of the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries Systematics Labroratory, to recognise his contribution to the study of the fishes of the perch family.[4]
References
- ↑ NatureServe (2013). "Etheostoma collettei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T202466A2745114. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T202466A2745114.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/202466/2745114. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Etheostoma&speciesname=collettei" Etheostoma collettei" in FishBase. December 2019 version.
- ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Etheostoma (Oligocephalus) collettei". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?spid=16141.
- ↑ Birdsong, R. S.; L. W. Knapp (1969). "Etheostoma collettei a new darter of the subgenus Oligocephalus from Louisiana and Arkansas". Tulane Studies in Zoology and Botany 15 (3): 106-112. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4335680#page/124/mode/1up.
Wikidata ☰ Q3762470 entry
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