Creole darter

Creole darter
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Percidae
Genus: Etheostoma
Species: E. collettei
Binomial name
Etheostoma collettei
(Birdsong & Knapp, 1969)

The Creole darter (Etheostoma collettei) is a species of darter endemic to the eastern United States, where it occurs in the Ouachita, Red, Calcasieu and Sabine River drainages in Arkansas and Louisiana. It inhabits gravel riffles, current-swept vegetation and debris in creeks and small to medium rivers. This species can reach a length of 7.4 cm (2.9 in).[2]

References

  1. NatureServe (2015). "Etheostoma collettei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 4.1 (4.1). International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved March 26, 2016.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). "Etheostoma collettei" in FishBase. March 2016 version.


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