Backwater darter

Backwater darter
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Percidae
Genus: Etheostoma
Species:
E. zonifer
Binomial name
Etheostoma zonifer
(Hubbs & Cannon, 1935)
Synonyms[2]

Hololepis zonifer Hubbs & Cannon, 1935

The backwater darter (Etheostoma zonifer), a species of freshwater ray-finned fish, is a darter from the subfamily Etheostomatinae: part of the family Percidae that also contains the perches, ruffes, and pikeperches. The Backwater darter is endemic to the eastern United States, where it occurs in streams on the coastal plain in the Mobile Bay drainage in Alabama and Mississippi. Specifically, E. zonifer inhabits mud-bottomed, often vegetated, pools of sluggish creeks and small rivers. This species can reach a length of 4.4 cm (1.7 in).[2]

References

  1. ^ NatureServe (2013). "Etheostoma zonifer". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013 e.T202553A18231853. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T202553A18231853.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Etheostoma zonifer". FishBase. December 2019 version.
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