Mexican darter

Etheostoma pottsii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Percidae
Genus: Etheostoma
Species: E. pottsii
Binomial name
Etheostoma pottsii
(Girard, 1859)
Synonyms
  • Aplesion pottsii Girard, 1859

Etheostoma pottsii, the Chihuahua darter or Mexican darter, is a species of darter endemic to Mexico where it is the only species of darter to naturally occur in the Pacific drainage. This species can reach a length of 5.5 centimetres (2.2 in) TL.[2]


References

  1. Contreras-Balderas, S. & Almada-Villela, P. 1996. Etheostoma pottsii. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 29 April 2014.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Etheostoma pottsii" in FishBase. February 2014 version.


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