Crystal darter

Crystallaria asprella

Percid Fish Reaching Sixteen Centimeters

Crystal darter is a freshwater fish found around North America. It inhabits freshwater habitats. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 16 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Perches and Allies
Family: Percidae
Genus: Crystallaria
Maximum length: 16 cm
Water: Freshwater
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: North America: Mississippi River basin from Ohio to Minnesota and south to southern Mississippi, northern Louisiana and southeastern Oklahoma in the USA; and on Gulf Slope in Escambia, Mobile Bay and Pearl River drainages. Now extirpated from Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana and Illinois.
Conservation status: VUVulnerable

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