Savannah darter

Savannah darter
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Percidae
Genus: Etheostoma
Species:
E. fricksium
Binomial name
Etheostoma fricksium

The Savannah darter (Etheostoma fricksium) 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 in the Edisto, Combahee, Broad and Savannah River drainages in South Carolina and Georgia. It inhabits gravel riffles, gravel and sand runs of creeks and small rivers. This species can reach a length of 7.4 cm (2.9 in).[2]

  1. ^ NatureServe (2013). "Etheostoma fricksium". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T184082A13367314. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T184082A13367314.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Etheostoma fricksium". FishBase. March 2016 version.