Scaly sand darter
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| Scaly sand darter | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Percidae |
| Genus: | Ammocrypta |
| Species: | A. vivax |
| Binomial name | |
| Ammocrypta vivax (Hay, 1882) | |
The scaly sand darter (Ammocrypta vivax) is a species of freshwater fish endemic to the southeastern United States.
Description
The scaly sand darter grows to between 5.4 and 7.3 cm (2.1 and 2.9 in) in length.[2] It has 9-16 spots on each side, with irregular dark blotches on the back, with dark bands on the dorsal, caudal and spinal fins.[3] It inhabits sandy beds of slow-moving rivers and creeks, and feeds on midge larvae and entomostracans.
Distribution
The species is found in the Mississippi River basin from western Kentucky and southeastern Missouri south to southern Mississippi and west to eastern Oklahoma and Texas, and in drainage basins of the Gulf of Mexico from the Pascagoula River in Mississippi to the San Jacinto River in Texas.
References
- ↑ NatureServe (2013). "Ammocrypta vivax". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 3.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved November 24, 2013.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Ammocrypta vivax" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
- ↑ "Scaly sand darter". Texas State University. Retrieved 2010-04-16.
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