Waccamaw darter

Waccamaw darter
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Percidae
Genus: Etheostoma
Species: E. perlongum
Binomial name
Etheostoma perlongum
(Hubbs & Raney, 1946)

The Waccamaw darter (Etheostoma perlongum) is a species of darter found in the eastern United States, where it is endemic to Lake Waccamaw in North Carolina. It inhabits shallow, sandy areas of the Lake. This species can reach a length of 9.0 cm (3.5 in).[2]

References

  1. NatureServe (2015). "Etheostoma perlongum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 4.1 (4.1). International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved March 17, 2016.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). "Etheostoma perlongum" in FishBase. March 2016 version.


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