Species Information

Kingdom: Animalia
  Phylum: Craniata
    Class: Actinopterygii
      Order: Perciformes
        Family: Percidae
          Genus: Etheostoma
            Species: lepidum

Greenthroat Darter - Etheostoma lepidum

Greenthroat Darter

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Species Extent (New Mexico)

General Description

Greenthroat Darter (Etheostoma lepidum) is a small (6 cm) fish that can be found in tributaries of the Colorado, Guadalupe, and Nueces rivers in Texas and the Pecos River system in southeastern New Mexico, but have been extirpated from the Pecos River below Carlsbad and from the Black River. They inhabit vegetated riffles in swift-flowing streams and sinkholes or shore areas that experience wave action.

Status

Global Rank: G3G4

State Rank: S2

State Status: T

Federal Status:

USFS Status:

BLM Status: BLM SENSITIVE

SWAP Status: SGCN

NMRP Strategy Status:

Observations in Natural Heritage New Mexico Database

Number of Subpopulations: 23

Number of Mapped Locations: 41

Number of Observations: 79

Observation date range: 04-02-1916 to 11-16-2017

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