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Scientific Name Etheostoma fusiforme  (Girard, 1854)
Common Name Swamp Darter
Type Locality Tributary of Charles River at Framingham, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Pronunciation ee theo stoh mah
Etymology From the Greek, etheo meaning to strain and from stoma meaning mouth. 
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Size 59mm or 2.3" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
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Distribution North America: Seaboard Lowlands, Atlantic and Gulf coastal plains from southern Maine to Louisiana (Sabine River) and southeastern Oklahoma (Red River) in the USA; and Former Mississippi Embayment north to Kentucky and southeastern Missouri in the USA.
IUCN Red List Category Least Concern, range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2011.
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Feeding Omnivorous. Some accept high quality flake and granular food. Brine shrimp, bloodworm and cyclops are readily accepted and snails are especially relished. User data.
Breeding Crevice spawners.
Breeding Reports There is no breeding report.
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Reference Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History v. 5 (1854-1856), pp 41.
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Last Update 2017 Aug 16 11:56 (species record created: 2014 Sep 03 16:28)