Highland darter

This article is about the North American fish species. For an alternate name for a Eurasian dragonfly, see Common darter.

Highland darter
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Percidae
Genus: Etheostoma
Species:
E. teddyroosevelt
Binomial name
Etheostoma teddyroosevelt
Layman & Mayden, 2012
Etheostoma teddyroosevelt range

The highland darter (Etheostoma teddyroosevelt) 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 found in the Arkansas and upper White river drainages on the Ozark Plateau of Missouri, Arkansas, extreme southeastern Kansas, and northeastern Oklahoma.[1]

It was named after the 26th president of the United States Theodore Roosevelt and for his enduring legacy in environmental conservation and stewardship, including the designation of vast areas as national forests, wildlife refuges, national monuments, and national parks, and his efforts to forge the American Museum of Natural History.[2]

References

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Etheostoma teddyroosevelt". FishBase. December 2019 version.
  2. ^ Bernie Kuhajda (5 November 2012). "New Fishes Named after U.S. Leaders, Three in Tennessee". TNACI Field Notes. Tennessee Aquarium Conservation Institute. Retrieved 29 September 2020.


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