Meramec saddled darter
| Meramec saddled darter | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Percidae |
| Genus: | Etheostoma |
| Species: | E. erythrozonum |
| Binomial name | |
| Etheostoma erythrozonum (Switzer & R. M. Wood, 2009) | |
The Meramec saddled darter (Etheostoma erythrozonum) is a species of darter endemic to the eastern United States, where it occurs in the larger streams of the Meramec River drainage of Missouri. It inhabits fast gravel and rubble riffles of small to medium rivers . This species can reach a length of 7.1 cm (2.8 in).[2]
References
- ↑ NatureServe (2015). "Etheostoma erythrozonum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 4.1 (4.1). International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved February 25, 2016.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). "Etheostoma erythrozonum" in FishBase. February 2016 version.
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