Speckled darter
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| Speckled darter | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Percidae |
| Genus: | Etheostoma |
| Species: | E. stigmaeum |
| Binomial name | |
| Etheostoma stigmaeum (Jordan, 1877) | |
The speckled darter, Etheostoma stigmaeum, is a small freshwater fish found from Tennessee and Arkansas to Georgia and Louisiana. It is one of the 324 fish species found in Tennessee.[2]
In 2012, studies found five distinct species that were formerly included in E. stigmaeum. In a paper published in the Bulletin of the Alabama Museum of Natural History, Mayden and Layman described five new species, all named after former U S presidents and one vice president, based on their leadership in conservation policies:
- Etheostoma teddyroosevelt (highland darter)
- Etheostoma jimmycarter (bluegrass darter)
- Etheostoma clinton (beaded darter)
- Etheostoma gore (Cumberland darter)
- Etheostoma obama (spangled darter)[3]
Notes
- ↑ NatureServe (2013). "Etheostoma stigmaeum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 3.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved November 22, 2013.
- ↑ List of Tennessee Fish
- ↑ Crew, Becky (November 29, 2012). "All the Presidents’ fish: Five new species named after Obama, Clinton, Roosevelt, Carter and Gore". Scientific American Blogs. Scientific American. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
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