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Maryland Darter




  Name Maryland darter
  Status EX
  Regnum Animalia
  Phylum Chordata
  Classis Actinopterygii
  Ordo Perciformes
  Familia Percidae
  Genus '' Etheostoma ''
  Species '''''E sellare'''''
  Binomial ''Etheostoma sellare''
  Binomial Authority (Radcliffe & Welsh, 1913)


The Maryland darter, ''Etheostoma sellare'', is an extinct fish that has been found only in a creek in Maryland . It is said to have been so rare because of its rare Habitat requirements.


REFERENCES

  • Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is listed as extinct