Glassy darter

Glassy darter
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Percidae
Genus: Etheostoma
Species: E. vitreum
Binomial name
Etheostoma vitreum
Cope, 1870

The glassy darter (Etheostoma vitreum) is a species of darter, where it is found from the Bush River in Maryland to Neuse River in North Carolina. It inhabits sandy runs of creeks and small to medium rivers. This species can reach a length of 6.6 cm (2.6 in), though most only reach about 4.7 cm (1.9 in).[2]

References

  1. Etheostoma vitreum. In: IUCN 2015. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2015.4. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 9 December 2015.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Etheostoma vitreum" in FishBase. December 2015 version.
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