Snail darter

Snail darter

Taxobox
name = Snail darter
status = VU
status_system = iucn2.3


image width = 250
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Perciformes
familia = Percidae
genus = "Percina"
species = "P. tanasi"
binomial = "Percina tanasi"
binomial_authority = Etnier, 1976

The snail darter is a small (up to 9 cm long) fish native to waters of East Tennessee. It is a variety of darter which feeds primarily on aquatic snails.

The snail darter was declared an endangered species in 1975, under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) of 1973. On July 5, 1984, the snail darter's status was lowered to threatened. [ [http://ecos.fws.gov/docs/federal_register/fr854.pdf Final Rule Reclassifying Snail Darter from Endangered Species to Threatened Species] ]

See also

*Snail darter controversy

Footnotes

References

* Listed as Vulnerable (VU D2 v2.3)


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