Crystallaria
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| Crystallaria | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Percidae |
| Genus: | Crystallaria Jordan and Gilbert in Jordan, 1885 |
| Species | |
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Crystallaria is a genus of darters in the family Percidae.
Species
It contains only two species:
- Crystal darter, Crystallaria asprella Jordan, 1878
- Diamond darter, Crystallaria cincotta Welsh and Wood, 2008
The diamond darter has only recently been discovered[1]
Geographic distribution
They are found in the Mississippi River basin from Ohio to Minnesota and in southern Mississippi, northern Louisiana and southeastern Oklahoma, and on the Gulf Slope of Escambia, Mobile Bay, and the Pearl River drainages. They have now been extirpated from Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, and Illinois.[2]
References
- ↑ Stuart A. Welsh & Robert M. Wood (14 Jan 2008). "Crystallaria cincotta, a new species of darter (Teleostei: Percidae) from the Elk River of the Ohio River drainage, West Virginia". ZOOTAXA ISSN 1175-5334 (online edition) (Magnolia Press) (1680 (2008)): 62–68.
- ↑ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/Crystallaria-asprella.html
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