Bluebarred pygmy sunfish
The bluebarred pygmy sunfish, Elassoma okatie, is a species of pygmy sunfish endemic to South Carolina, United States, where it prefers waters with dense vegetation growth in the Edisto and Savannah River drainages. This species can reach 3.4 cm (1.3 in) in total length.[2]
| Bluebarred pygmy sunfish | |
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| Male (left) and female (right, obscured) Elassoma okatie in aquarium. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Centrarchidae |
| Genus: | Elassoma |
| Species: | E. okatie |
| Binomial name | |
| Elassoma okatie Rohde & R. G. Arndt, 1987 | |
References
- NatureServe (2013). "Elassoma okatie". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T7129A15362359. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T7129A15362359.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Elassoma okatie" in FishBase. April 2013 version.
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