Biology:West Rim darter
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Short description: Species of fish
| West Rim 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. occidentale
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| Binomial name | |
| Etheostoma occidentale Powers & Mayden, 2007
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The West Rim darter (Etheostoma occidentale) 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 Cumberland River from Whites Creek in Tennessee to the Little River in Kentucky. It inhabits current-swept rocky pools and adjacent riffles of creeks and small to medium rivers.[2]
References
- ↑ NatureServe (2013). "Etheostoma occidentale". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T18246249A19034965. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T18246249A19034965.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/18246249/19034965. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). "Etheostoma occidentale" in FishBase. February 2016 version.
Wikidata ☰ Q5498134 entry
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