NEW SPECIES OF ETHEOSTOMA (TELEOSTEI, PERCIDAE) FROM THE UPPER TENNESSEE RIVER

Authors
STAUFFER JR VANSNIK ES
Citation
Jr. Stauffer et Es. Vansnik, NEW SPECIES OF ETHEOSTOMA (TELEOSTEI, PERCIDAE) FROM THE UPPER TENNESSEE RIVER, Copeia, (1), 1997, pp. 116-122
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Zoology
Journal title
Copeia → ACNP
ISSN journal
00458511
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
116 - 122
Database
ISI
SICI code
0045-8511(1997):1<116:NSOE(P>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
A new species of darter in the genus Etheostoma (Teleostei: Percidae) and subgenus Nothonotus is described from the upper Tennessee River. T he new species closely resembles Etheostoma tippecanoe and was histori cally regarded as a distinct population. The presence of 1-4 scales on the cheek, a light transverse bar directly anterior to the dorsal-fin origin, and fewer scales in the lateral series distinguishes the new species from E. tippecanoe.