Redfin darter

Sharphead darter
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Percidae
Genus: Etheostoma
Species: E. whipplei
Binomial name
Etheostoma whipplei
Girard, 1859

The redfin darter (Etheostoma whipplei) is a species of darter, where it occupies Gulf drainages from Mobile Bay in Alabama to Neches River in Texas, the Mississippi River basin from Mississippi to southeastern Kansas, eastern Oklahoma and northeastern Texas. It inhabits sandy and rocky pools, sometimes runs and riffles, of headwaters, creeks and small rivers. This species can reach a length of 9.0 cm (3.5 in), though most only reach about 5.5 cm (2.2 in).[2]

References

  1. Etheostoma whipplei. In: IUCN 2015. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2015.4. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 6 December 2015.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Etheostoma whipplei" in FishBase. December 2015 version.
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