Missouri saddled darter
(Redirected from Etheostoma tetrazonum)
| Missouri saddled 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. tetrazonum
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| Binomial name | |
| Etheostoma tetrazonum (Hubbs & J.D. Black, 1940)
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The Missouri saddled darter (Etheostoma tetrazonum) 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 Missouri, where it occurs in the Ozarks from the Gasconade River to the Osage and Moreau rivers.[2] It occurs in fast gravel and rubble riffles of small to medium rivers. This species can reach a length of 9.0 cm (3.5 in).[3]
References
[edit]- ^ NatureServe (2013). "Etheostoma tetrazonum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T202543A18231916. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T202543A18231916.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ Switzer, John F., and Robert M. Wood. "Etheostoma erythrozonum, a new species of darter (Teleostei: Percidae) from the Meramec River drainage, Missouri." Zootaxa 2095.1 (2009): 1-7.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Etheostoma tetrazonum". FishBase. March 2016 version.
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