Crystallaria
| Crystallaria | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Percidae |
| Genus: | Crystallaria D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1885 |
| Type species | |
| Pleurolepis asprellus D. S. Jordan, 1878 | |
Crystallaria is a genus of darters in the family Percidae found in the Mississippi River basin from Ohio to Minnesota and in southern Mississippi, northern Louisiana, and southeastern Oklahoma, and on the Gulf Slope of Escambia, Mobile Bay, and the Pearl River drainages. They have now been extirpated from Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, and Illinois.[1]
Species
Currently, two species in this genus are recognized:[1]
- Crystallaria asprella D. S. Jordan, 1878 (Crystal darter)
- Crystallaria cincotta S. A. Welsh & R. M. Wood, 2008 (Diamond darter)
References
- 1 2 Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2014). Species of Crystallaria in FishBase. February 2014 version.
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