Etheostoma osburni
| Etheostoma osburni | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Percidae |
| Genus: | Etheostoma |
| Species: | E. osburni |
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| Etheostoma osburni (C. L. Hubbs & Trautman, 1932) | |
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Etheostoma osburni, the candy darter or finescale saddled darter, is a species of darter endemic to the eastern United States where they are only known from the Kanawha River system in the states of Virginia and West Virginia. It can be found in medium-sized and smaller rivers where it inhabits rubble riffles with fast-flowing currents. This species can reach a length of 10 cm (3.9 in), though most only reach about 7.3 cm (2.9 in).[2]
References
- ↑ Gimenez Dixon, M. 1996. Etheostoma osburni. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 29 April 2014.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Etheostoma osburni" in FishBase. February 2014 version.
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