TN00086 GREENFIN DARTER ETHEOSTOMA CHLOROBRANCHIUM
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: REACHES 83 MM SL LATERAL LINE COMPLETE 8 INFRAORBITAL PORES A DUSKY SUBORBITAL BAR BELLY AND OPERCLE SCALED, NAPE, CHEEK, AND BREAST UNSCALED LATERAL SCALES = 52-72 (56-66), DORSAL SPINES = 10-14 (12), DORSAL RAYS = 11-14 (12-13), PECTORAL RAYS = 13-15 (14), ANAL SPINES = 2, ANAL RAYS = 7-10 (8-9), VERTEBRAE = 38- 40 ANTERIOR BLACK BLOTCH IN FIRST DORSAL FIN SUBORBITAL BAR IS MOST DISTINCT IN THE FEMALE PIGMENTS ARE MORE SUBDUED IN FEMALE *TN5017* GENITAL PAPILLA IN MALES IS SMALL AND TRIANGULAR, IN FEMALES IS A ROUNDED PAD *TN5018* AQUATICTERRESTRIAL ASSOCIATIONS: SYMPATRIC SPECIES INCLUDE E. ACUTICEPS, E. MACULATUM, E. RUFILINEATUM *TN5018* Physical description: The body of this species is deep and compressed. The snout is blunt, straight or slightly decurved. The lateral line is complete or nearly so with (61)63-70(72) scales. There are (16)17-20(21) scales above the lateral line and 22-25(27) circumpeduncle scales. There are (11)12(13) dorsal spines, (12)13-14 dorsal rays, 2 anal spines, (7)8-9 anal rays and (13)14(15) pectoral rays. This species is overall drab, mostly olive to yellow-olive, with a pale blue breast and red spots on the body. The pelvic and pectoral fins are pale yellow or orange distally *4205*. Reproduction: The life history of this species is largely unknown *4205*. Spawning is probably similar to E. camurum and hybridization occurs with E. rufilineatum *4205*. Origin: This species is native, in Virginia, in the Lautral Creek tributary of the South Fork Holston sysytem *2917,816*. ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: BODY GENERALLY OLIVE-GREEN OR LIME-GREEN; TOP OF HEAD, SNOUT, LIPS, AND OPERCLE DULL BLACK; OPERCLE MAY BE LIGHT GREEN IN CENTER; BREAST DARK GREEN, TO BLUE-GREEN; NAPE CROSSED BY LIGHT BAR WHICH IS OFTEN OBSCURED IN DARK SPECIMENS; 10-12 GREEN TO BLACK VERTICAL BARS CROSS SIDE; 9-11 DARK SADDLES CROSS DORSUM; 12-15 DARK HORIZONTAL STRIPES, PALE OF ABSENT ON BELL; RED TO RED-BROWN SPOTS BETWEEN HORIZONTAL STRIPES; MEDIAN FINS WITH FEMALE, MEDIAN FINS ARE BARRED WITH DULL GRAY-BROWN; RED SPOTS ON SIDES SUBDUED *2264* OTHER: ESSENTIALLY NOTHING IS KNOWN OF THE BIOLOGY OF THIS SPECIES *2917*
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2100, 3895, 2917, 816, 2264, TN5017, TN5018
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