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Fishes of Texas taxonomy
Bluntnose Darter
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Inhabit muddy (sometimes sandy) pools and backwaters of creeks and small to medium rivers, weedy lakes and ponds, swamps (Ref. 5723) and streams (Ref. 10294). Adults feed on hydropsychid caddisfly, dytiscid beetle, and midge larvae (Ref. 10294). Eggs are found attached to the substrate unguarded (Ref. 7043).
- Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr 1991 A field guide to freshwater fishes of North America north of Mexico. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston. 432 p. (Ref. 5723)
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Depth range based on 1 specimen in 1 taxon.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 0.5 - 0.5
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Red List Criteria
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Bluntnose darters, Etheostoma chlorosoma, are primarily found in the Mississippi River drainage basin. They may also be found in the Mobile Bay drainage and San Antonio River drainage basin.
Biogeographic Regions: nearctic (Native )
- Page, L., B. Burr. 2005. "Fishbase" (On-line). Accessed October 27, 2005 at http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=3408.
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Non-Migrant: No. All populations of this species make significant seasonal migrations.
Locally Migrant: No. No populations of this species make local extended movements (generally less than 200 km) at particular times of the year (e.g., to breeding or wintering grounds, to hibernation sites).
Locally Migrant: No. No populations of this species make annual migrations of over 200 km.
United States
Rounded National Status Rank: N5 - Secure
Range includes the North American Gulf Slope, from San Antonio Bay drainage, Texas, east to Mobile Bay drainage, Mississippi and Alabama; Mississippi River basin from Louisiana north to extreme southeastern Minnesota and east to Indiana; formerly Lake Michigan drainage, Illinois (Page and Burr 2011).
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Bluntnose darters are invertivores. Bluntnose darters feed on minute freshwater organisms such as chironomid, blackfly larvae, Cyclops species, and Daphnia species.
Animal Foods: insects; aquatic crustaceans
Primary Diet: carnivore (Insectivore , Eats non-insect arthropods)
- 2005. "NatureServe Explorer" (On-line). NatureServe Explorer: An online encyclopedia of life [web application]. Version 4.6. NatureServe, Arlington, Virginia. Accessed October 29, 2005 at http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/servlet/NatureServe?searchName=Etheostoma%20chlorosoma.
- Froese, R., D. Pauly. 2005. "Fishbase" (On-line). World Wide Web electronic publication. Version (7/2005). Accessed October 24, 2005 at www.fishbase.org.
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Rounded Global Status Rank: G5 - Secure
endemic to a single nation