Biology:Tallapoosa darter

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Tallapoosa darter
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Percidae
Genus: Etheostoma
Species:
E. tallapoosae
Binomial name
Etheostoma tallapoosae
(Suttkus & Etnier, 1991)

The Tallapoosa darter (Etheostoma tallapoosae) 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 above the Fall Line in the Tallapoosa River system in Georgia and Alabama. It inhabits bedrock pools and rocky riffles of creeks and small rivers.[2]

References

  1. NatureServe (2013). "Etheostoma tallapoosae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T202541A18229286. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T202541A18229286.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/202541/18229286. Retrieved 19 November 2021. 
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). "Etheostoma tallapoosae" in FishBase. February 2016 version.


Wikidata ☰ Q3759442 entry