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Etheostoma chlorosomum (Bluntnose darter)

Synonyms: Boleosoma camurum; Etheostoma chlorosoma; Vaillantia chlorosoma
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Wikipedia Abstract

The bluntnose darter (Etheostoma chlorosomum) is a species of darter endemic to the eastern United States, where it occurs in the Mississippi River basin from southern Minnesota to Louisiana, and in the drainages of Mobile Bay and the San Antonio River. It inhabits weedy-, muddy-, or sandy-bottomed, slow-moving waters of swamps, lakes, ponds, streams, and pools and backwaters of rivers. It preys on insect larvae. This species can reach a length of 6 cm (2.4 in).
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Attributes

Adult Length [1]  2.362 inches (6 cm)
Brood Dispersal [1]  In the open
Brood Egg Substrate [1]  Phytophils
Brood Guarder [1]  Yes
Litter Size [1]  500
Maximum Longevity [1]  3 years
Diet [2]  Carnivore
Female Maturity [1]  1 year

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Big Thicket Biosphere Reserve National Park II 616880 Texas, United States
Land Between the Lakes Biosphere Reserve V 166264 Kentucky, Tennessee, United States
Little River National Wildlife Refuge   Oklahoma, United States
Upper Miss. River Nat'l Wildlife Refuge National Wildlife Refuge VI 25823 Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, United States

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Frimpong, E.A., and P. L. Angermeier. 2009. FishTraits: a database of ecological and life-history traits of freshwater fishes of the United States. Fisheries 34:487-495.
♦ 2Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0