Redband darter

Redband darter
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Percidae
Genus: Etheostoma
Species: E. luteovinctum
Binomial name
Etheostoma luteovinctum
C. H. Gilbert & Swain, 1887

The redband darter (Etheostoma luteovinctum) is a species of darter endemic to the eastern United States.[2]

Geographic distribution

Found in the Stone's and Collins rivers in the Cumberland River drainage and Duck River in the Tennessee River drainage systems in central Tennessee.[2]

Habitat

It inhabits shallow pools with rocky substrates as well as streams and springs.[2]

Description

This species can reach a length of 6.8 centimetres (2.7 in) TL though most only reach about 5.8 centimetres (2.3 in).[2]

References

  1. NatureServe (2013). "Etheostoma luteovinctum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 3.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved November 22, 2013.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Etheostoma luteovinctum" in FishBase. February 2014 version.