Etheostoma (Doration) jimmycarter

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Percoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Eupercaria Ordo: Perciformes Subordo: Percoidei Superfamilia: Percoidea

Familia: Percidae
Subfamilia: Etheostomatinae
Genus: Etheostoma
Subgenus: E. (Doration)

Species: Etheostoma (Doration) jimmycarter

Name

• Etheostoma (Doration) jimmycarter Layman & Mayden, 2012

Holotype: UAIC 10708.01. Paratypes: UAIC 10708.02 (34), 9853.19 (46); SIUC 22878 (10); INHS 32134 (10); UF 100289 (10); USNM 328261 (10); NLU 18876 (32); TU 81925 (23); UT 91.780 (45); UMMZ 165344 (38).

Type locality: Trammel Fork at Old State Rd., 1.6 km NNE Red Hill, Allen County, Kentucky.

Etymology: The species epithet honors President Jimmy Carter, the 39th President of the United States of America, and his environmental leadership and accomplishments in the areas of national energy policy and wilderness protection, and his lifelong commitment to social justice and basic human rights.

Vernacular names

English: Bluegrass Darter

References

• Layman, S. R. & Mayden, R. L.; 2012: Morphological Diversity and Phylogenetics of the Darter Subgenus Doration (Percidae: Etheostoma), with Descriptions of Five New Species. Bulletin of the Alabama Museum of Natural History, 30: 1–83.