East Rim darter
| East Rim darter | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Percidae |
| Genus: | Etheostoma |
| Species: | E. orientale
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| Binomial name | |
| Etheostoma orientale | |
The East Rim darter (Etheostoma orientale) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish, a darter from the subfamily Etheostomatinae, part of the family Percidae, which also contains the perches, ruffes and pikeperches. It is endemic to the eastern United States. The species has a range of 400-2000 sq. miles across tributaries of the Cumberland River from Fishing Creek in Kentucky to just below the Obey River in Tennessee. It inhabits current-swept rocky pools and adjacent riffles of creeks and small to medium rivers.[2]
Population is believed to exceed 10,000; this fish is common. Number of recorded occurrences is 6-80, but is uncertain. Population is believed to be stable; change of less than 10% annually. Overall trend of the past 10 years is uncertain, but believed to be stable.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ NatureServe (2013). "Etheostoma orientale". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T18246349A19032288. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T18246349A19032288.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2016). "Etheostoma orientale" in FishBase. February 2016 version.
- ^ Powers, S. L. & R. L. Mayden (2007). "Systematics, evolution and biogeography of the Etheostoma simoterum species complex (Percidae: subgenus Ulocentra)". Bulletin of the Alabama Museum of Natural History. 25: 1–23.
• Harrington, R. C., and T. J. Near. 2012. Phylogenetic and coalescent strategies of species delimitation in snubnose darters (Percidae: Etheostoma). Systematic Biology 61:63-79.
• Page, L. M., H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, R. N. Lea, N. E. Mandrak, R. L. Mayden, and J. S. Nelson. 2013. Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Seventh edition. American Fisheries Society, Special Publication 34, Bethesda, Maryland.
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