Firebelly darter
| Firebelly darter | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Percidae |
| Genus: | Etheostoma |
| Species: | E. pyrrhogaster |
| Binomial name | |
| Etheostoma pyrrhogaster R. M. Bailey & Etnier, 1988 | |
The firebelly darter (Etheostoma pyrrhogaster) is a species of darter endemic to the eastern United States where it is only known to occur in the drainage systems of the Obion and Forked Deer rivers of Kentucky and Tennessee. It inhabits gravel or sand-bottomed pools in creeks up to small rivers. This species can reach a length of 7 centimetres (2.8 in) TL.[1]
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Etheostoma pyrrhogaster" in FishBase. February 2014 version.