Kanawha darter

Kanawha darter
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Percidae
Genus: Etheostoma
Species: E. kanawhae
Binomial name
Etheostoma kanawhae
(Raney, 1941)
Synonyms
  • Poecilichthys kanawhae Raney, 1941

The Kanawha darter (Etheostoma kanawhae) is a species of darter endemic to the southeastern United States.[2]

Geographic distribution

E. kanawhae is only known to occur in the New River drainage of Virginia and North Carolina. It inhabits fast-flowing waters in riffles of small and medium rivers over gravel or rubble substrates.[2]

Description

This species can reach a length of 8.6 centimetres (3.4 in) TL though most only reach 6.5 centimetres (2.6 in).[2]

References

  1. NatureServe (2013). "Etheostoma kanawhae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 3.1 (3.1). International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved November 22, 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Etheostoma kanawhae" in FishBase. November 2013 version.


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