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Kanawha darter

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Kanawha darter
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Perciformes
Family:
Percidae
Genus:
Etheostoma
Species:
E. kanawhae
Binomial name
Etheostoma kanawhae
(Raney, 1941)
Synonyms
  • Poecilichthys kanawhae Raney, 1941

The Kanawha darter (Etheostoma kanawhae) is a species of darter endemic to the southeastern United States.[2]

Geographic distribution

E. kanawhae is only known to occur in the New River drainage of Virginia and North Carolina. It inhabits fast-flowing waters in riffles of small and medium rivers over gravel or rubble substrates.[2]

Description

This species can reach a length of 8.6 centimetres (3.4 in) TL though most only reach 6.5 centimetres (2.6 in).[2]

References

  1. ^ Template:IUCN
  2. ^ a b c Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Etheostoma kanawhae". FishBase. November 2013 version.


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