TN00080 TUSKASEGEE DARTER ETHEOSTOMA BLENNIOIDES GUTSELLI
| Species ID | TN00080 |
| Name | DARTER, TUSKASEGEE |
| Other Common Names | |
| Category | 01 Fish |
| Elcode | |
| Phylum | CHORDATA |
| Subphylum | |
| Class | OSTEICHTHYES |
| Subclass | |
| Suborder | |
| Order | PERCIFORMES |
| Family | PERCIDAE |
| Genus | ETHEOSTOMA |
| Species | BLENNIOIDES |
| Subspecies | GUTSELLI |
| Authority | RAFINESQUE 1819 |
| Scientific Name | ETHEOSTOMA BLENNIOIDES GUTSELLI |
Comments
SUBSPECIES DESCRIBED BY HILDEBRAND 1932, ORIGINALLY CONSIDERED DISTINCT SPECIES, THIS SUBSPECIES IS ONE OF THREE OF THE E. BLENNIOIDES GROUP FOUND IN TENNESSEE, E. B. BLENNIOIDES IS FOUND IN THE BARREN RIVER SYSTEM OF CLAY, MACON, AND SUMNER COUNTIES, E. B. NEWMANII IS FOUND IN THE ENTIRE CUMBERLAND RIVER DRAINAGE AND IN MOST OF THE TENNESSEE RIVER SYSTEM, E. B. GUTSELLI IS PROBABLY FOUND IN THE LITTLE TENNESSEE RIVER SYSTEM OF ABRAMS CREEK, BLOUNT COUNTY, AND IN THE PIGEON RIVER SYSTEM IN COCKE COUNTY, E. B. GUTSELLI AND E. B. NEWMANII INTERGRADE IN THE HIAWASSEE RIVER SYSTEM, OTHER POSSIBLE PAST DISTRIBUTIONS OF E. B. GUTSELLI INCLUDES THE FRENCH BROAD SYSTEM, MILLER (1968) *TN5065* GIVES FULL ACCOUNT OF THIS GROUP; THIS SPCIES IS PROBABLY EXTIRPATED IN TENNESSEE *TN5065*