Etheostoma maculaticeps
(Cope, 1870)
Southern Tessellated Darter
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.1327137
Element CodeAFCQC020A0
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusProvisional
Name CategoryVertebrate Animal
Endemicendemic to a single nation
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumCraniata
ClassActinopterygii
OrderPerciformes
FamilyPercidae
GenusEtheostoma
SynonymsEtheostoma olmstedi maculaticeps(Cope, 1870)
Concept ReferenceMacGuigan, D.J. O.D. Orr, and T.J. Near. 2023. Phylogeography, hybridization, and species discovery in the Etheostoma nigrum complex (Percidae: Etheostoma: Boleosoma), Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. Volume 178: 107645
Taxonomic CommentsEtheostoma olmstedi maculaticeps is elevated to species status based on its genetic distinctiveness and diagnostic morphological characters and is part of the Etheostoma nigrum complex (MacGuigan et al. 2023).
Ecology & Habitat
Habitat
This species occurs in a variety of habitats, including creeks, rivers, reservoirs, and lower-salinity portions of estuaries; it prefers pools and slow runs over a sand substrate (Rohde et al. 2009, Robins et al. 2018).
Other Nations (1)
United StatesNNR
| Province | Rank | Native |
|---|
| South Carolina | SNR | Yes |
| Florida | SNR | Yes |
| Georgia | SNR | Yes |
| North Carolina | S5 | Yes |
References (5)
- Cole, C. F. 1967. A study of the eastern Johnny darter, <i>Etheostoma olmstedi </i>(Storer) (Teleostei, Percidae). Chesapeake Science 8(1): 28-51.
- MacGuigan, D.J. O.D. Orr, and T.J. Near. 2023. Phylogeography, hybridization, and species discovery in the <i>Etheostoma nigrum</i> complex (Percidae: Etheostoma: Boleosoma), Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. Volume 178: 107645
- Page, L. M., and B. M. Burr. 2011. Peterson field guide to freshwater fishes of North America north of Mexico. Second edition. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Boston. xix + 663 pp.
- Robins, R. H., L. M. Page, J. D. Williams, Z. S. Randall, and G. E. Sheehy. 2018. Fishes in the Freshwaters of Florida. University of Florida Press. 488 pp.
- Rohde, F. C., R. G. Arndt, J. W. Foltz and J. M. Quattro. 2009. Freshwater fishes of South Carolina. University of South Carolina Press, Columbia, SC. 430 pp.