Biology:Riverweed darter
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Short description: Species of fish
| Riverweed 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. podostemone
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| Binomial name | |
| Etheostoma podostemone Jordan & Jenkins, 1889
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The riverweed darter (Etheostoma podostemone) 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 upper Roanoke River drainage in Virginia and North Carolina. It inhabits rocky riffles of creeks and small rivers. This species can reach a length of 7.6 cm (3.0 in).[2]
References
- ↑ NatureServe (2013). "Etheostoma podostemone". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T202516A18234108. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T202516A18234108.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/202516/18234108. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). "Etheostoma podostemone" in FishBase. February 2016 version.
Wikidata ☰ Q3755631 entry
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