Biology:Sooty darter
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Short description: Species of fish
| Sooty 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. olivaceum
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| Binomial name | |
| Etheostoma olivaceum Braasch & Page, 1979
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The sooty darter (Etheostoma olivaceum) 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 the eastern United States . It is found in the Cumberland River basin where it is found only in the lower portion of the Caney Fork system and nearby tributaries in central Tennessee . It inhabits streams and creeks occurring in pools and their nearby riffles. This species can reach a length of 8 centimetres (3.1 in) TL though most only reach about 5 centimetres (2.0 in).[2]
References
- ↑ NatureServe (2014). "Etheostoma olivaceum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T202509A2745415. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T202509A2745415.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/202509/2745415. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Etheostoma olivaceum" in FishBase. February 2014 version.
Wikidata ☰ Q2042644 entry
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