Paleback darter

Paleback darter
Conservation status
	; Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Percidae
Genus:	Etheostoma
Species:	E. pallididorsum
Binomial name
	Etheostoma pallididorsum; Distler & Metcalf, 1962

The paleback darter (Etheostoma pallididorsum) is a species of darter endemic to Arkansas, United States. It is only known to occur in the Caddo River and in Hallmans Creek, a tributary of the Ouachita River. This species inhabits headwaters and creeks where it lives in rocky, shallow pools and also in springs with plentiful vegetation growth. This species can reach a length of 6 centimetres (2.4 in) TL though most only reach about 3.9 centimetres (1.5 in).^[2]

References

^ NatureServe (2013). "Etheostoma pallididorsum". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013. IUCN: e.T8125A18229962. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T8125A18229962.en. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2014). "Etheostoma pallididorsum" in FishBase. February 2014 version.

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[1] NatureServe (2013). "Etheostoma pallididorsum". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013. IUCN: e.T8125A18229962. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T8125A18229962.en. Retrieved 15 January 2018.

[2] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2014). "Etheostoma pallididorsum" in FishBase. February 2014 version.

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