Topic
Sharphead darter
About: Sharphead darter is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 1 publications have been published within this topic receiving 6 citations. The topic is also known as: Etheostoma acuticeps.
Papers
TL;DR: The sharphead darter, Etheostoma (Nothonotus) acuticeps, was known from 34 specimens taken during 1930-1949 from South Fork Holston River, Tennessee and North Toe River, North Carolina, both upper Tennessee River drainage, but the continued existence of the species remains questionable.
Abstract: The sharphead darter, Etheostoma (Nothonotus) acuticeps, was known from 34 specimens taken during 1930-1949 from South Fork Holston River, Tennessee and North Toe River, North Carolina, both upper Tennessee River drainage. Alteration of swift water habitat by siltation, other forms of pollution and impoundment evoked suggestions that E. acuticeps was endangered or extinct. Three specimens were collected in the South Fork Holston, Virginia in 1972, but the continued existence of the species remains questionable. It should be regarded as rare, endangered and nearly extinct. Habitat and certain aspects of life history of E. acuticeps are similar to those of one or more syntopic members of Nothonotus. The recently collected specimens agree with previously described ones in morphology and coloration.
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| Year | Papers |
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| 1975 | 1 |