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TABS Species Account TN00078

TN00078 ORANGEFIN DARTER ETHEOSTOMA BELLUM

Tennessee Animal Biogeographic System TABS

version 12/2002


Taxonomy
Status
Distribution
Habitat Associations
Food Habits
Environmental Associations
Life History
Management Practices
References

Life History

COMPLETE LATERAL LINE, NAKED BREAST, CHEEKS AND NAPE, SIDES MARKED WITH ALTERNATING PALE AND DARK HORIZONTAL LINES, LATERAL LINE SCALES 51-60, DORSAL FIN SPINES 11-13, RAYS 11-13, ANAL FIN 2 SPINES, 7-9 RAYS OTHER: ONLY MEMBER OF NOTHONOTUS IN BARREN RIVER SYSTEM IN TENNESSEE, VERY LITTLE IS KNOWN ABOUT THIS SPECIES PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: ROBUST, DEEP BODIED, MAXIMUM TL 80 MM TN00165PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: RESEMBLES HYPENTELIUM NIGRICANS BUT CAN BE IDENTIFIED BY HAVING 10 DORSAL RAYS AND 14 OR FEWER SCALES ABOVE THE LATERAL LINE, CONFINED TO CONASAUGA RIVER DRAINAGE AND BAKER CREEK (POLK COUNTY, OCOEE RIVER DRAINAGE IN TENNESSEE) *TN5057*

References for Life History Codes

816, 2208, 1306, 2209, 842, 2135, 835, 2685, 2686, 2238, 3690, 4205, TN5002, TN5063

Comments on Life History Codes

VERY LITTLE IS KNOWN ABOUT THIS SPECIES


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