Etheostoma scotti

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Overview

Family : Perches ;

Threatened

Common Names

Description

Family Percidae

Distribution: Northern Hemisphere. Dorsal fins separate or narrowly joined. Anal spines 1 or 2, the second usually weak. Pelvic fins thoracic . A single spine and 5 soft rays in the pelvic fin. Branchiostegal rays 5-8. Branchiostegal membrane separate from isthmus. Vertebrae 32-50. Largest species to 90 cm maximum length (reported for Stizostedion vitreum), but many, such as Etheostoma tippecanoe, are as little as 5 cm in length . Some species enter estuaries.The family Percidae belongs to the Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes ) and the Order Perciformes. It may be found in brackish and freshwater environments and is primarily freshwater. Members of this family are not used in the aquarium trade. Reproductively, most members of this family are mixed. The main mode of swimming of adult fish in this family is carangiform . Compared with other fish, the activity level of this family tends to be normal. Members of this family have been dated back to the lower Eocene epoch of the Tertiary period. This family may be found from 72° n to 25° s and 130° w to 160° e. Etymology of this family name : Greek, perké = perch

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: August 19, 2004.

Similar Species

Members of the genus Etheostoma

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 266 species and subspecies in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

E. (Boleosoma) perlongum · E. (Catonotus) · E. (Cottogaster) · E. (Hadropterus) · E. (Nothonotus) tippecanoe · E. (Oligocephalus) · E. (Ulocentra) · E. acuticeps (Sharphead Darter) · E. aquali (Coppercheek Darter) · E. arcuscelestis · E. artesiae (Redspot Darter) · E. asprigene (Mud Darter) · E. aspro · E. atripinne (Cumberland Snubnose Darter) · E. aubeenaubei · E. australe (Dardo De Conchos) · E. baileyi (Emerald Clingfish) · E. barbouri (Teardrop Butterflyfish) · E. barratti · E. barrenense (Splendid Darter) · E. basilare (Corrugated Darter) · E. beani · E. bellator (Warrior Darter) · E. bellum (Orangefin Characin) · E. bifascia · E. bison (Buffalo Darter) · E. blenniodes · E. blennioide · E. blennioides (Greenside Darter) · E. blennioides blennioides (Greenside Darter) · E. blennioides gutselli (Tuckasegee Darter) · E. blennioides newmani (Greenside Darter) · E. blennioides newmanii · E. blennioides pholidotum (Greenside Darter) · E. blennius (Blenny Darter) · E. blennius blennius (Blenny Darter) · E. blennius sequatchiense · E. blennoides · E. boleosoma · E. boreale · E. boschungi (Slackwater Darter) · E. brevirostrum (Holiday Darter) · E. burri (Brook Darter) · E. caerulea · E. caeruleum (Rainbow Darter) · E. caeruleum caeruleum (Rainbow Darter) · E. caeruleum hybrid · E. calliura · E. camurum (Bluebreast Darter) · E. caprodes · E. catonotus · E. cervus (Chickasaw Darter) · E. chermocki (Vermiculated Triggerfish) · E. chienense (Relict Darter) · E. chlorobranchium (Greenfin Darter?names of Fishes 133) · E. chlorosoma (Bluntnose Darter) · E. chlorosomum · E. chuckwachatte (Lipstick Darter) · E. cinerea · E. cinereum (Ashy Darter) · E. clara · E. clarum · E. coeruleum · E. collettei (Creole Darter) · E. collis (Carolina Darter) · E. collis lepidinion · E. colorosum (Coastal Darter) · E. coosae (Coosa Darter) · E. corona (Crown Darter) · E. cragini (Arkansas Darter) · E. crossopterum (Fringe-Lipped Worm Eel) · E. cumberlandicum · E. cymatotaenia · E. davisoni (Choctawhatchee Darter) · E. denoncourti (Golden Darter) · E. denoncourtivan (Golden Darter) · E. derivativum (Stone Darter) · E. ditrema (Coldwater Darter) · E. ditroma · E. douglasi (Tuskaloossa Darter) · E. duryi (Blackside Snubnose Darter) · E. edwini (Brown Darter) · E. etheostoma (Scaly Goby) · E. etnieri (Cherry Darter) · E. etowahae (Etowah Darter) · E. euzonum (Arkansas Saddled Darter) · E. euzonum erizonum (Current Saddled Darter) · E. euzonum euzonum (Arkansas Saddled Darter) · E. evides · E. exile (Iowa Darter) · E. flabellare (Fantail Darter) · E. flabellare flabellare (Fantail Darter) · E. flabellare jessiae · E. flabellare lineolatum · E. flabellaris · E. flabellata · E. flavum (Saffron Darter) · E. fonticola (Fountain Darter) · E. fontinalis · E. forbesi (Barrens Darter)

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Further Reading

• Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes 2003. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada.

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed April 21, 2007.
• FishBase
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 05, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
• Kullander, Sven O. (from FishBase).

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 05, 2008:

• FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
• Royal Ontario Museum: Fish specimens
• University of Kansas Biodiversity Research Center: Fish Collection

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 6254470
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-152920
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 553382
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: AFCQC02XJ0
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Species Identifier: E03J
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 14873

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