Florida sand darter

Florida sand darter
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Percidae
Genus: Ammocrypta
Species: A. bifascia
Binomial name
Ammocrypta bifascia
J. D. Williams, 1975
Synonyms
  • Etheostoma bifascia

The Florida sand darter (Ammocrypta bifascia) is a species of perch endemic to Gulf Coast drainages from the Aplalachicola to the Perdido River in Florida and southern Alabama. It inhabits sandy sections of flowing waters from streams to large rivers. Its appearance is identical to the naked sand darter except it has 2 black bands on each dorsal fin. This species can reach a length of 7.1 cm (2.8 in), though most are only about 4.7 cm (1.9 in) in length.[2]

References

  1. NatureServe (2013). "Ammocrypta bifascia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 3.1 (3.1). International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved November 24, 2013.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Ammocrypta bifascia" in FishBase. February 2014 version.


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