The yoke darter (Etheostoma juliae) 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 occurs in the White River drainage in southern Missouri and northern Arkansas. It inhabits clear, fast, rocky riffles of creeks and small to medium rivers. This species can reach a length of 7.8 cm (3.1 in).[2] The specific name honors Mrs Julia Hughes Gilbert, the wife of the American ichthyologist Charles Henry Gilbert (1859-1928).[3]

Yoke darter
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Percidae
Genus: Etheostoma
Species:
E. juliae
Binomial name
Etheostoma juliae
(Meek, 1891)

References edit

  1. ^ NatureServe (2013). "Etheostoma juliae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T202494A2745310. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T202494A2745310.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2016). "Etheostoma juliae" in FishBase. February 2016 version.
  3. ^ Meek, S. E. (1891). "Report of explorations made in Missouri and Arkansas during 1889, with an account of the fishes observed in each of the river basins examined". Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission. 9: 113–141.