Backwater darter | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Perciformes |
Family: | Percidae |
Genus: | Etheostoma |
Species: | E. zonifer
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Binomial name | |
Etheostoma zonifer (Hubbs & Cannon, 1935)
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Synonyms[2] | |
Hololepis zonifer Hubbs & Cannon, 1935 |
The backwater darter (Etheostoma zonifer) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish, a darter from the subfamily Etheostomatinae, part of the family Percidae, which also contains the perches, ruffes and pikeperches. It is endemic to the eastern United States , where it occurs in coastal plain streams in the Mobile Bay drainage in Alabama and Mississippi. It occurs mud-bottomed, often vegetated, pools of sluggish creeks and small rivers. This species can reach a length of 4.4 cm (1.7 in).[2]
Wikidata ☰ Q6427994 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backwater darter.
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