Golden darter

Golden darter
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Perciformes
Family:Percidae
Genus:Etheostoma
Species: E. denoncourti
Binomial name
Etheostoma denoncourti
Stauffer & van Snik, 1997

The golden darter (Etheostoma denoncourti) is found in the upper Tennessee River,[2] one of the 324 fish species found in Tennessee.[3]

Identification

This species is similar to the Tippecanoe darter but has scales on cheek behind the eye, 2nd dorsal under the 1st dorsal fin.[4] The golden darter also differs from E. tippecanoe in having scales on the cheek and in having the posterior nasal pore of the cephalic lateralis system well separated from the posterior nasal opening.[5]

Range

The golden darter is extremely localized. It can be found in the Tennessee River drainage, VA, and TN.[6] The species occurs in not more than 10 locations, and habitat quality is subject to ongoing declines. This darter is restricted to the Tennessee River drainage in Tennessee and Virginia. It has been collected from Copper Creek and the Clinch, Sequatchie, Duck, and Buffalo rivers.[7]

Habitat

The golden darter prefers shallow gravel riffles in small to medium-sized rivers.

References

  1. ↑ NatureServe (2013). "Etheostoma denoncourti". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2013: e.T202473A2745163. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T202473A2745163.en. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  2. ↑ http://www.fishbase.org/glossary/Glossary.php?q=benthopelagic
  3. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-01-11. Retrieved 2013-01-11.
  4. ↑ Page, Lawrence; Burr, Brooks (2011). Peterson Field Guide to Freshwater Fishes, Second Edition. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. p. 553. ISBN 0547242069.
  5. ↑ Etnier, David A., and Wayne C. Starnes. The Fishes of Tennessee. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1993.
  6. ↑ Page, Lawrence; Burr, Brooks (2011). Peterson Field Guide to Freshwater Fishes, Second Edition. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. p. 553. ISBN 0547242069.
  7. ↑ "Etheostoma denoncourti". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.


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