Mud darter
| Mud darter | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Percidae |
| Genus: | Etheostoma |
| Species: | E. asprigene |
| Binomial name | |
| Etheostoma asprigene (S. A. Forbes, 1878) | |
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The mud darter (Etheostoma asprigene) is a species of darter endemic to the lowlands of the Mississippi River basin from Wisconsin and Minnesota south to Louisiana and East Texas. It is also found in the drainages of the Sabine and Neches Rivers of Texas and Louisiana. It can be found in slow-moving waters on riffles in rivers, as well as in creeks, swamps, lakes, and reservoirs. It mostly consumes the larvae of midges and blackflies. This species can reach a length of 7.1 cm (2.8 in), though most only reach a length of 5 cm (2.0 in).[2]
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References
- ↑ NatureServe 2013. Etheostoma asprigene. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 April 2014.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Etheostoma asprigene" in FishBase. February 2014 version.