Tennessee darter

Tennessee darter
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Percidae
Genus: Etheostoma
Species: E. tennesseense
Binomial name
Etheostoma tennesseense
(Powers & Mayden, 2007)

The Tennessee darter (Etheostoma tennesseense) is a species of darter endemic to the eastern United States, where it occurs in the Tennessee River drainage from western Virginia to western Tennessee. It also occurs in the upper Bluestone River drainage in western Virginia. It inhabits current-swept rocky pools and adjacent riffles of creeks and small to medium rivers. This species can reach a length of 6 cm (2.4 in).[2]

References

  1. NatureServe (2015). "Etheostoma tennesseense". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 4.1 (4.1). International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved February 25, 2016.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). "Etheostoma tennesseense" in FishBase. February 2016 version.


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