Biology:Saluda darter
| Saluda 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. saludae
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| Binomial name | |
| Etheostoma saludae (Hubbs & Cannon, 1935)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Hololepsis saludae Hubbs & Cannon | |
The Saluda darter (Etheostoma saludae) 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 Saluda River of South Carolina. It inhabits mud-bottomed, sand-bottomed, and rock-bottomed pools of slow to moderate headwaters and creeks. This species can reach a length of 4.3 cm (1.7 in).[1] It is plain in color with brown on the back and sides and a yellow to white belly. The sides have a dozen or so brown blotches and are speckled with brown dots. Some authorities treat this taxon as a synonym of the Carolina darter (E. collis).[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Etheostoma saludae" in FishBase. December 2019 version.
- ↑ "Etheostoma collis Carolina Darter". NatureServe. https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.106371/Etheostoma_collis. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
Wikidata ☰ Q6428079 entry
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