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Ammocrypta clara (Western sand darter)

Synonyms: Etheostoma clarum
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Wikipedia Abstract

The western sand darter (Ammocrypta clara) is a species of perch endemic to the central United States from the rivers feeding into Lake Michigan through the Mississippi River basin to the basins of the Sabine and Neches Rivers in Texas. It inhabits sandy sections of flowing waters from streams to large rivers. This species can reach a length of 7.1 cm (2.8 in), though most are only about 4.7 cm (1.9 in) in length.
View Wikipedia Record: Ammocrypta clara

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Ammocrypta clara

Attributes

Adult Length [2]  2.756 inches (7 cm)
Brood Dispersal [2]  In the open
Brood Egg Substrate [2]  Psammophils
Brood Guarder [2]  No
Litter Size [2]  324
Maximum Longevity [2]  3 years
Water Biome [1]  Benthic, Rivers and Streams
Diet [1]  Carnivore (Invertebrates)
Female Maturity [2]  1 year

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Teays - Old Ohio United States Nearctic Temperate Upland Rivers    

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Big Thicket Biosphere Reserve National Park II 616880 Texas, United States
Saint Croix International Historic Site   Maine, United States
Upper Miss. River Nat'l Wildlife Refuge National Wildlife Refuge VI 25823 Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, United States

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External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Myers, 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
♦ 2Frimpong, 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.
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
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