Coastal darter
(Redirected from Etheostoma colorosum)
| Coastal darter | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Percidae |
| Genus: | Etheostoma |
| Species: | E. colorosum
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| Etheostoma colorosum Suttkus & R.M. Bailey, 1993
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The coastal darter (Etheostoma colorosum) 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 the Gulf Coastal Plain from the Choctawhatchee River to the Perdido River in Alabama and Florida. It inhabits sand and gravel bottomed pools of headwaters, creeks, and small rivers.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ NatureServe (2013). "Etheostoma colorosum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T202468A2745128. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T202468A2745128.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Etheostoma colorosum". FishBase. April 2016 version.
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