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Slough Darter

Etheostoma gracile

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 271, February 259, March 295, April 559, May 343, June 166, July 150, August 154, September 183, October 195, November 254, December 247.
United States5,246
Texas3,077
Oklahoma673
Arkansas475
Louisiana313
Mississippi165
Kentucky144
Missouri142
Tennessee104
Illinois103

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • AquaticLives primarily in waterFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassRay-finned Fishes · Actinopterygii
OrderPerches, Scorpionfishes, Sticklebacks, and Allies · Perciformes
FamilyPerches, Darters, and allies · Percidae
GenusTypical Darters · Etheostoma

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Slough Darter with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.