Tuscumbia darter

Tuscumbia darter
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Percidae
Genus: Etheostoma
Species: E. tuscumbia
Binomial name
Etheostoma tuscumbia
C. H. Gilbert & Swain, 1887

The Tuscumbia darter (Etheostoma tuscumbia) is a species of darter endemic to the southeastern United States where it occurs in well-vegetated springs along the Tennessee River in Alabama. This species can reach a length of 6.1 centimetres (2.4 in) TL though most only reach about 4 centimetres (1.6 in).[2]

References

  1. NatureServe (2013). "Etheostoma tuscumbia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 3.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved November 22, 2013.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Etheostoma tuscumbia" in FishBase. February 2014 version.
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