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Río Salado darter

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Río Salado darter
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Percidae
Genus: Etheostoma
Species:
E. segrex
Binomial name
Etheostoma segrex
(Norris & Minckley, 1997)

The Río Salado darter (Etheostoma segrex) 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 Río Salado and its tributaries in Mexico. It inhabits unvegetated river bottoms with moderate turbulence over gravel and small cobble substrate. This species can reach a length of 4.4 cm (1.7 in).[2]

References

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  1. ^ Hendrickson, D.; Lyons, T.J. (2019). "Etheostoma segrex". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T193259A126256811. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T193259A126256811.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Etheostoma segrex". FishBase. May 2016 version.