Biology:Bluebarred pygmy sunfish

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Short description: Species of fish

Bluebarred pygmy sunfish
Elassoma okatie.jpg
Male (left) and female (right, obscured) Elassoma okatie in aquarium.
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Centrarchidae
Genus: Elassoma
Species:
E. okatie
Binomial name
Elassoma okatie
Rohde & R. G. Arndt, 1987

The bluebarred pygmy sunfish, Elassoma okatie, is a species of pygmy sunfish endemic to South Carolina, United States , where it prefers waters with dense vegetation growth in the Edisto and Savannah River drainages. This species can reach 3.4 cm (1.3 in) in total length.[2]

References

  1. NatureServe (2013). "Elassoma okatie". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T7129A15362359. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T7129A15362359.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/7129/15362359. Retrieved 15 November 2021. 
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Elassoma okatie" in FishBase. April 2013 version.

Wikidata ☰ Q4847642 entry