Backwater darter
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]
| 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 |
| Binomial name | |
| Etheostoma zonifer (Hubbs & Cannon, 1935) | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Hololepis zonifer Hubbs & Cannon, 1935 | |
References
- NatureServe (2013). "Etheostoma zonifer". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T202553A18231853. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T202553A18231853.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Etheostoma zonifer" in FishBase. December 2019 version.
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