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Tuckasegee darter

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Tuckasegee darter
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Percidae
Genus: Etheostoma
Species:
E. gutselli
Binomial name
Etheostoma gutselli
(Hildebrand, 1932)
Synonyms[2]
  • Poecilichthys gutselli Hildebrand, 1932

The Tuckasegee darter (Etheostoma gutselli) is a species of ray-finned fish, a darter from the subfamily Etheostomatinae, part of the family Percidae which includes the perches, ruffes and pike-perches. It is endemic to the eastern United States, where it occurs in the headwaters of the Little Tennessee River and some tributaries to the Pigeon River in eastern Tennessee, western North Carolina and extreme northeastern Georgia. It inhabits fast rocky riffles of creeks and small rivers.[2]

References

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  1. ^ NatureServe (2013). "Etheostoma gutselli". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T202488A2745268. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T202488A2745268.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Etheostma gutselli". FishBase. December 2019 version.