The Carolina darter (''Etheostoma collis'') is a species of freshwater
ray-finned fish, a darter from the
subfamily
In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard nomenclature rules end subfamily botanical names with "-oideae", and zoologi ...
Etheostomatinae
Etheosomatidae is a species rich subfamily of freshwater ray-finned fish, the members of which are commonly known as the darters. The subfamily is part of the family Percidae which also includes the perches, ruffes and pikeperches. The famil ...
, 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
Atlantic Piedmont from
Roanoke River drainage of
Virginia to
Santee River drainage of
South Carolina. It inhabits muddy and rocky pools and backwaters of sluggish headwaters and creeks. This species can reach a length of .
[ The Carolina darter was first formally described in 1935 as ''Hololepis collis'' by the American ichthyologists Carl Leavitt Hubbs (1894-1979) and Mott Dwight Cannon with the ]type locality
Type locality may refer to:
* Type locality (biology)
* Type locality (geology)
See also
* Local (disambiguation)
* Locality (disambiguation)
{{disambiguation ...
given as a creek near York, South Carolina.
References
Etheostoma
Fish described in 1935
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