Brown darter

Brown darter
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Percidae
Genus: Etheostoma
Species: E. edwini
Binomial name
Etheostoma edwini
(Hubbs & Cannon, 1935)

The brown darter (Etheostoma edwini) is a species of darter endemic to the eastern United States, where it occurs from the St. Johns River drainage of Florida to Perdido River drainage of Alabama. It inhabits sandy runs, especially near vegetation, of creeks and small rivers. This species can reach a length of 5.3 cm (2.1 in).[2]

References

  1. NatureServe (2015). "Etheostoma edwini". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 4.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). "Etheostoma edwini" in FishBase. March 2016 version.
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