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Southern Sand Darter
Ammocrypta meridiana
The southern sand darter (Ammocrypta meridiana) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish, a darter from the subfamily Etheostomatinae, part of the family Percidae, which also contains the perches, ruffes and pikeperches. It is found in the rivers draining into Mobile Bay in the southeastern United States where it inhabits sandy sections of flowing waters from streams to large rivers.
From the article Southern sand darter on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
The Southern sand darter is a close relative of the Eastern sand darter (A. pellucida) and of the scaly sand darter (A. vivax). It can be told apart from the scaly sand darter by the lack of any dark bands on the dorsal, anal or caudal fins, that the blotches along the lateral line are lengthened horizontally and that there are no tubercles on the anal fin when breeding. It is more completely covered in scales than the Eastern sand darter, the tip of its snout is usually coloured. 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.
Range & habitat
The Southern sand darter is found in the rivers draining into Mobile Bay in Alabama and Mississippi. It occurs throughout the Alabama River system, the Tombigbee River, the Black Warrior River, the Cahaba River and the Tallapoosa River.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 93851.