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Bluestripe Darter
Percina cymatotaenia
The bluestripe darter (Percina cymatotaenia) 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.
This fish was an endangered species on the IUCN Red List in 1996. In a 2003 reevaluation it was downlisted to vulnerable status when the populations were determined to be mostly stable overall.
From the article Bluestripe darter on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Range & habitat
The bluestripe darter is endemic to Missouri where it has a localized distribution in streams of the Osage and Gasconade systems of the northern Ozarks. The fish lives in small to medium-sized rivers where it strongly associates with aquatic vegetation.
Wikipedia: “Distribution and habitat”
What it does
The bluestripe darter is believed to spawn in March and early April. During spawning males become aggressive and will undergo a dramatic rapid color change during which usual middorsal and midlateral stripes fade and are replaced by a series of discrete, intensely black bars. Most bluestripe darter are sexually mature in a year. Males and females grow at similar rates with a maximum lifespan of about four years.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Life cycle”
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 109079.