Bluebarred pygmy sunfish

Bluebarred pygmy sunfish
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Elassomatidae
Genus: Elassoma
Species: E. okatie
Binomial name
Elassoma okatie
Rohde & R. G. Arndt, 1987

The bluebarred pygmy sunfish, Elassoma okatie, is a species of pygmy sunfish endemic to South Carolina, United States, where it prefers waters with dense vegetation growth in the Edisto and Savannah River drainages. This species can reach 3.4 cm (1.3 in) in total length.[2]

References

  1. NatureServe 2013. Elassoma okatie. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. <www.iucnredlist.org Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine.>. Downloaded on 02 July 2013.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Elassoma okatie" in FishBase. April 2013 version.
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