Redband darter

Redband darter
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Percidae
Genus: Etheostoma
Species: E. luteovinctum
Binomial name
Etheostoma luteovinctum

The redband darter (Etheostoma luteovinctum) is a species of darter endemic to the eastern United States.[2]

Geographic distribution

Found in the Stone's and Collins rivers in the Cumberland River drainage and Duck River in the Tennessee River drainage systems in central Tennessee.[2]

Habitat

It inhabits shallow pools with rocky substrates as well as streams and springs.[2] These springs, which are usually of moderate gradient and have limestone bedrock, rubble, gravel, and silt substrates. Such streams are very productive and usually have growths of aquatic mosses, filamentous algae, and/or watercress. Spawning occurs during March and April. During this time, individuals are common in gravel riffles, which may be the spawning area.[3]

Description

This species can reach a length of 6.8 centimetres (2.7 in) TL though most only reach about 5.8 centimetres (2.3 in).[2]

References

  1. ↑ NatureServe (2013). "Etheostoma luteovinctum". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2013: e.T8117A13369968. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T8117A13369968.en. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Etheostoma luteovinctum" in FishBase. February 2014 version.
  3. ↑ Etnier, David A., and Wayne C. Starnes. The Fishes of Tennessee. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1993.


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