Description:
As the common name implies, the Etowah Darter is restricted to the Etowah River System where it occurs in rocky substrate and swift current. This federally endangered species is threatened by reservoir construction and urbanization in the greater Atlanta metropolitan area. Like many other members of the subgenus Nothonotus, Etowah Darters have a moderately pointed snout.
Literature:
- (Articles, if available online, are hyperlinked)
- 2006
- Freeman, B.J., B.A. Porter, S. Richea, C. Straight, and B. Dakin. 2006. Genetic population structure of the federally endangered Etowah darter, Etheostoma etowhae, and subsequent range modification. Report to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Social Circle, Georgia.
- Ritchea, S.B. 2006. Genetic population structure of the federally endangered Etowah darter, Etheostoma etowahae. Master’s Thesis. Duquesne University. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
- 1993
- United States Fish and Wildlife Service. 1993. Endangered and threatened wildlife and plants: proposed threatened status for the Cherokee darter and proposed endangered status for the Etowah darter. Pages 53695-53702 in Federal Register. Vol. 58(199).
- Wood, R.M. and R.L. Mayden. 1993. Systematics of the Etheostoma jordani species group (Teleostei: Percidae), with descriptions of three new species. Bulletin of the Alabama Museum of Natural History 16: 31-46.
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