The Alabama darter (Etheostoma ramseyi) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish, a darter from the subfamily Etheostomatinae, part of the family Percidae, which also contains the perches, ruffes and pikeperches. It is endemic to the eastern United States, where it occurs mostly below the fall line of the Alabama River drainage. It is also relatively common in headwater tributaries to the Cahaba River above the fall line.[2]
| Alabama darter | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Percidae |
| Genus: | Etheostoma |
| Species: | E. ramseyi
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| Binomial name | |
| Etheostoma ramseyi Suttkus & R.M. Bailey, 1994
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The Tombigbee darter was first formally described in 1994 by Royal Dallas Suttkus and Reeve Maclaren Bailey with the type locality given as Beaver Creek, a tributary of the Alabama River in Wilcox County, Alabama.[3] The specific name honors the American ichthyologist John S. Ramsey.[4]
References
edit- ^ NatureServe (2013). "Etheostoma ramseyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T202523A18234129. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T202523A18234129.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Etheostoma ramseyi". FishBase. April 2016 version.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Etheostoma ramseyi". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
- ^ Suttkus, R. D.; R. M. Bailey & H. L. Bart Jr. (1994). "Three new species of Etheostoma, subgenus Ulocentra, from the Gulf coastal plain of southeastern United States". Tulane Studies in Zoology and Botany. 29 (2): 97–126.
External links
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