Rio Grande darter

Rio Grande darter
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Percidae
Genus: Etheostoma
Species: E. grahami
Binomial name
Etheostoma grahami
(Girard, 1859)
Synonyms
  • Oligocephalus grahami Girard, 1859

The Rio Grande darter (Etheostoma grahami) is a species of darter endemic to the lower Rio Grande drainage of the United States and Mexico. It inhabits riffles over substrates of gravel or rubble. This species can reach a length of 6 cm (2.4 in), though most only reach about 3 cm (1.2 in).[2]

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References

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