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Watercress Darter

Etheostoma nuchale

Classification

Family
Percidae

The watercress darter (Etheostoma nuchale) 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 endemic to the eastern United States where it is only known from the Black Warrior River drainage basin near Birmingham, Alabama. Description This species can reach a length of 5.

Distribution

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