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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. |
Species Information | |
Size | 59mm or 2.3" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
Habitat Information | |
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. |
Husbandry Information | |
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. |
Further Information | |
Reference | Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History v. 5 (1854-1856), pp 41. |
Registered Keepers | There is but a single registered keeper, view all "my fish" data. |
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Spotters | Spotted this species somewhere? Click the binoculars! There is no record of this fish being seen. |
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Last Update | 2017 Aug 16 11:56 (species record created: 2014 Sep 03 16:28) |