Biology:Meramec saddled darter
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| Meramec saddled darter | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Percidae |
| Genus: | Etheostoma |
| Species: | E. erythrozonum
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| Binomial name | |
| Etheostoma erythrozonum (Switzer & R. M. Wood, 2009)
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The Meramec saddled darter (Etheostoma erythrozonum) 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 larger streams of the Meramec River drainage of Missouri. It inhabits fast gravel and rubble riffles of small to medium rivers . This species can reach a length of 7.1 cm (2.8 in).[2]
References
- ↑ NatureServe (2013). "Etheostoma erythrozonum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T18245771A19034116. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T18245771A19034116.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/18245771/19034116. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). "Etheostoma erythrozonum" in FishBase. February 2016 version.
Wikidata ☰ Q6428171 entry
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