Etheostoma ditrema

• Overview
• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Overview

Family : Perches ; Inhabits vegetated springs and spring runs .

Vulnerable

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Biome: Freshwater [1].

Ecology: This species typically occurs in amongst aquatic vegetation and coarse organic debris in limestone springs and slow-flowing spring runs at depths of a metre or less. It is most abundant in vegetation-filled spring ponds with growths of aquatic moss, watercress, and water milfoil. It may perch on clumps of vegetation well off the bottom (Page 1983, Kuehne and Barbour 1983, Utter 1984, Etnier and Starnes 1993, Catchings 1994, B .R. Kuhajda 1998 pers. comm. ).[1].

List of Habitats :

•     5     Wetlands (inland)   
  
•     5.9     Wetlands (inland) - Freshwater Springs and Oases   
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Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Comment: Subgenus : Oligocephalus[2].

Last scrutiny: Data last modified by FishBase 13-Aug-1998

This species exhibits substantial biochemical and morphological variation ; as many as three forms may soon receive formal taxonomic recognition (see Boschung and Mayden 2004).[1].

Similar Species

Members of the genus Etheostoma

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 194 species and subspecies in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

E. acuticeps (Sharphead Darter) · E. aquali (Coppercheek Darter) · E. artesiae (Redspot Darter) · E. asprigene (Mud Darter) · E. atripinne (Cumberland Snubnose Darter) · E. australe (Dardo De Conchos) · E. baileyi (Emerald Clingfish) · E. barbouri (Teardrop Butterflyfish) · E. barrenense (Splendid Darter) · E. basilare (Corrugated Darter) · E. bellator (Warrior Darter) · E. bellum (Orangefin Characin) · E. bison (Buffalo Darter) · E. blennioides (Greenside Darter) · E. blennioides blennioides (Greenside Darter) · E. blennioides gutselli (Tuckasegee Darter) · E. blennioides newmani (Greenside Darter) · E. blennioides pholidotum (Greenside Darter) · E. blennius (Blenny Darter) · E. blennius blennius (Blenny Darter) · E. boschungi (Slackwater Darter) · E. brevirostrum (Holiday Darter) · E. burri (Brook Darter) · E. caerulea (Rainbow Darter) · E. caeruleum (Rainbow Darter) · E. caeruleum caeruleum (Rainbow Darter) · E. camurum (Bluebreast Darter) · E. cervus (Chickasaw Darter) · E. chermocki (Vermilion Darter) · E. chienense (Relict Darter) · E. chlorobranchium (Greenfin Darter?names of Fishes 133) · E. chlorosoma (Bluntnose Darter) · E. chlorosomum (Bluntnose Darter) · E. chuckwachatte (Lipstick Darter) · E. cinerea (Ashy Darter) · E. cinereum (Ashy Darter) · E. collettei (Creole Darter) · E. collis (Carolina Darter) · E. colorosum (Coastal Darter) · E. coosae (Coosa Darter) · E. corona (Crown Darter) · E. cragini (Arkansas Darter) · E. crossopterum (Fringe-Lipped Worm Eel) · E. cymatotaenia (Bluestripe Darter) · E. davisoni (Choctawhatchee Darter) · E. denoncourti (Golden Darter) · E. denoncourtivan (Golden Darter) · E. derivativum (Stone Darter) · E. ditrema (Coldwater Darter) · E. douglasi (Tuskaloosa Darter) · E. duryi (Blackside Snubnose Darter) · E. edwini (Brown Damsel) · E. erythrozonum (Meramec Saddled 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. exile (Yellowbelly) · E. flabellare (Fantail Darter) · E. flabellare flabellare (Fantail Darter) · E. flabellaris (Fantail Darter) · E. flavum (Saffron Darter) · E. fonticola (Fountain Darter) · E. forbesi (Barrens Darter) · E. fragi (Strawberry Darter) · E. fricksia (Savannah Darter) · E. fricksium (Savannah Darter) · E. fusiforme (Swamp Darter) · E. fusiforme barratti (Swamp Darter) · E. fusiforme fusiforme (Swamp Darter) · E. gracile (Slough Darter) · E. grahami (Rio De La Plata Onesided Livebearer) · E. gutselli (Tuckasegee Darter) · E. histrio (Harlequin Darter?134 Names of Fishes) · E. hopkinsi (Christmas Darter) · E. hopkinsi binotatum (Christmas Darter) · E. hopkinsi hopkinsi (Christmas Darter) · E. inscriptum (Turquiose Cichlid) · E. jessiae (Blueside Darter) · E. jordani (Greenbreast Darter) · E. juliae (Yoke Darter) · E. kanawhae (Kanawha Darter) · E. kantuckeense (Highfinned Parrotfish) · E. kennicotti (Stripetail Darter) · E. lachneri (Tombigbee Darter) · E. lawrencei (Headwater Darter) · E. lepidum (Greenstripe Rockfish) · E. longimana (Longfin Darter) · E. longimanum (Longfin Darter) · E. lugoi (Tufa Darter) · E. luteovinctum (Redband Darter) · E. luteovinctumin (Redband Darter) · E. lynceum (Brighteye Darter) · E. macrocephalum (Longhead Darter) · E. maculata (Spotted Darter) · E. maculatum (Spotted Darter) · E. mariae (Pinewoods Darter) · E. meadiae (Bluespar Darter)

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Further Reading

• 1994 IUCN red list of threatened animals Gland, Switzerland: IUCN, 1993 url p. 111.
• Bulletin / Illinois Natural History Survey. Urbana, State of Illinois, Dept. of Registration and Education, Natural History Survey Division, 1918-1985. url p. 295.
• Occasional papers of the Museum of Natural History, the University of Kansas. 1982 Lawrence, Kan.: The University, 1971-1994. url p. 11.
• The life history of the mud darter, Etheostoma asprigene, in Lake Creek, Illinois / Kevin S. Cummings, James M. Grady, and Brooks M. Burr. Champaign, Ill.: State of Illinois, Dept. of Energy and Natural Resources, Natural History Survey Division, [1984]. url p. 16.
• Tulane studies in zoology and botany. 17 New Orleans: Tulane University, [1968- url , , , , , p. 126, p. 129, p. 59, p. 71.
• Tulane studies in zoology. 14 New Orleans: Tulane University, 1953-1968. url , , , , , , , ramsey & suttkus, page 65, p. 66, figs. 1-3, page 67, p. 68, p. 69, p. 70, p. 72, p. 74, p. 75, p. 76.

Notes

Contributors

• American Fisheries Society. Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United states, Canada, and Mexico Sixth Edition. Special Publication 29.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.
• Costa, Wilson J.E.M. (from FishBase).
• FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
• Gimenez Dixon, M. 1996. Etheostoma ditrema. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 20 October 2006.
• Gimenez Dixon, M. 1996. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
• NatureServe (G. Hammerson) 2010. Etheostoma ditrema. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 01February2012.
• NatureServe. 2003. Downloadable animal data sets. NatureServe Central Databases. Accessed February 6, 2005.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 126742
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-29979
• Fishbase Species ID: 3415
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 168388
• IUCN ID: 208448
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: AFCQC02190
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 4924

Footnotes

1. NatureServe (G. Hammerson) 2010. Etheostoma ditrema. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 01 February 2012. [back]
2. Eschmeyer, W.N., Editor (1998). Catalog of fishes. Special Publication, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco. 3 vols. 2905 p. [back]

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