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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaChordataTeleosteiPerciformesPercidaeEtheostoma

Black Darter
Etheostoma duryi Henshall, 1889

Taxonomy

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Teleostei
Order Perciformes
Family Percidae
Genus Etheostoma
Species Etheostoma duryi Henshall, 1889

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class
Accidental

Distribution

Range

Known from two counties across two states.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Alabama, Tennessee

Counties

Alabama
Marshall
Tennessee
Coffee

Conservation and management

IUCN Red List

LC Least Concern

EXEWCRENVUNTLC▲

Assessed in 2013.

NatureServe

G4 Apparently Secure

G1G2G3G4▲G5

National ranks

United States
N4 Apparently Secure

Subnational ranks

Alabama
S4 Apparently Secure
Mississippi
S3 Vulnerable
Georgia
S2 Imperiled
Tennessee
S4 Apparently Secure

State and federal status

Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act

References

  • Poulson, T.L. 1961. Cave adaptation in amblyopsid cavefishes. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. 185 pp. doi:10.7302/9847

How to cite this account

Etheostoma duryi Henshall, 1889. Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2439. https://cavebiology.org/species/etheostoma-duryi/ (accessed 7 September 2026).

Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.

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