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Ammocrypta meridiana (Southern sand darter)

Synonyms: Etheostoma meridianum
Language: Mandarin Chinese

Wikipedia Abstract

The southern sand darter (Ammocrypta meridiana) is a species of perch found in the Mobile Bay drainages in Alabama and Mississippi, namely the Alabama and the Tombigbee River systems. 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 7 cm (2.8 in) in length.
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Attributes

Adult Length [1]  2.362 inches (6 cm)
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates)

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♦ 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