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Issue: Vol. 2095 No. 1: 8 May. 2009
Type: Article
Published: 2009-05-08
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2095.1.1
Page range: 1–7
Abstract views: 26
PDF downloaded: 16

Etheostoma erythrozonum, a new species of darter (Teleostei: Percidae) from the Meramec River drainage, Missouri

U.S. Geological Survey, Leetown Science Center, Aquatic Ecology Branch, 11649 Leetown Road, Kearneysville, WV 25430
Department of Biology, Saint Louis University, 3507 Laclede, St. Louis, MO 63103–2010, USA
Fish darter Percidae Etheostoma Etheostoma erythrozonum Etheostoma tetrazonum Meramec River Missouri Ozarks

Abstract

A new species of darter, Etheostoma erythrozonum, is described from the Meramec River drainage of Missouri, USA. Etheostoma erythrozonum is the first known fish species endemic to the Meramec River drainage. It differs morphologically and genetically from populations of its sister species, Etheostoma tetrazonum, from the Gasconade River, Osage River, and Moreau River drainages.

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