FB-66095 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=66095 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Gobiiformes Microdesmidae Microdesmus Microdesmus knappi Dawson, 1972 Carolina fantail darter Etheostoma flabellare brevispina (Coker, 1926) Poecilichthys flabellaris brevispinum (Coker, 1926) Richia brevispina Coker, 1926 Richiella brevispina (Coker, 1926) 2011-06-01 2021-10-11 Blanton, R.E. and G.A. Schuster0 Taxonomic status of <i>Etheostoma brevispinum</i>, the Carolina fantail darter (Percidae: Catonotus). Copeia 2008(4):844-857. (Ref. 87049) FB-DiagnosticDescr-66104 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2011-06-03 00:00:00 2011-06-03 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=66104 This species belongs to the subgenus Catonotus and Etheostoma flabellare complex and is distinguished from Etheostoma flabellare by the combination of the following characters: seven or few, moderate to widely space, dark, distinct, transverse bars per side, usually 15 or less total; 2 or more wedge-shaped transverse bars in nuptial males and usually extending one to two scales below lateral line; nuptial male body color above and below lateral line yellow, golden yellow or golden tan, sharply contrasting with dark bars; scale pigmentation absent, concealed, or confined to areas above lateral line near dorsum or caudal peduncle region, not forming pattern on body; absence of horizontal dark line along body; lateral line usually 42-50, usually 77-95% pored, pored lateral-line scales usually 33-45; dorsal-fin spines modally 7; modally 40%-60% of belly covered by scales; dorsal saddles modally 7 (Ref. 87049). Blanton, R.E. and G.A. Schuster 2008 Taxonomic status of <i>Etheostoma brevispinum</i>, the Carolina fantail darter (Percidae: Catonotus). Copeia 2008(4):844-857. (Ref. 87049) FB-Morphology-66104 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2011-06-03 00:00:00 2011-06-03 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=66104 Dorsal spines (total): 5 - 8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 11 - 15; Analsoft rays: 7 - 10 Blanton, R.E. and G.A. Schuster 2008 Taxonomic status of <i>Etheostoma brevispinum</i>, the Carolina fantail darter (Percidae: Catonotus). Copeia 2008(4):844-857. (Ref. 87049) FB-Distribution-66104 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2011-06-03 00:00:00 2011-06-03 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=66104 North America: Santee and Savannah River drainages and Yadkin River system (downstream to and including the South Yadkin River and Bear Creek) of the Pee Dee River drainage in North Carolina, northern South Carolina and southern Virgina, USA. Blanton, R.E. and G.A. Schuster 2008 Taxonomic status of <i>Etheostoma brevispinum</i>, the Carolina fantail darter (Percidae: Catonotus). Copeia 2008(4):844-857. (Ref. 87049) FB-Size-66104 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2011-06-03 00:00:00 2015-07-24 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=66104 6.3 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 87049)); 6.06 cm SL (female) Blanton, R.E. and G.A. Schuster 2008 Taxonomic status of <i>Etheostoma brevispinum</i>, the Carolina fantail darter (Percidae: Catonotus). Copeia 2008(4):844-857. (Ref. 87049) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-66104 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2011-06-03 00:00:00 2015-07-24 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=66104 benthopelagic; freshwater