Biology:Turquoise darter
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Short description: Species of fish
| Turquoise 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. inscriptum
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| Binomial name | |
| Etheostoma inscriptum (D. S. Jordan & Brayton, 1878)
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| Synonyms[2] | |
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Nothonotus inscriptus D.S Jordan & Brayton | |
The turquoise darter (Etheostoma inscriptum) is a species of ray-finned fish, a darter from the subfamily Etheostomatinae, part of the family Percidae which includes the perches, ruffes and pike-perches. It is found in the Edisto, Savannah , and Altamaha River drainages of North Carolina, South Carolina , and Georgia. It inhabits rocky riffles of creeks and small to medium rivers. This species can reach a length of 8.0 cm (3.1 in), though most only reach about 6.0 cm (2.4 in).[2]
References
- ↑ NatureServe (2013). "Etheostoma inscriptum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T202491A2745289. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T202491A2745289.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/202491/2745289. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Etheostoma inscriptus" in FishBase. December 2019 version.
Wikidata ☰ Q3766465 entry
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