Etheostoma thompsoni

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: Oligocephalus
Species: Etheostoma thompsoni

Name

Etheostoma thompsoni Suttkus, Bart & Etnier, 2012

Holotype: TU 200366. Paratypes: TU 111804 (15, 10 specimens removed and distributed as follows: CUVM 9511 (2); UAIC 15593.01 (2); UMMZ 248782 (2); USNM 396516 (2); UT 91.7977 (1)); TU 111873 (2), 111951 (6, two specimens removed and cataloged as UF 174326), 112130 (2), 112163 (11), 116112 (5), 116149 (19), 120675 (2), 200398 (2), 120711 (1), 120762 (2), 111222 (1), 66915 (1), 103202 (3), 103935 (5), 104484 (3), 105178 (1), 106025 (5, four specimens removed and distributed as follows: ANSP 189360 (2); TNHC 43091 (2)).

Type locality: Neches River, along right (west) bank just below Town Bluff dam, at Town Bluff, Tyler County, Texas.

Etymology: Etheostoma thompsoni was named in honor of Bruce Allen Thompson, in recognition of his intense interest in the systematics and biology of darters.

References

• Suttkus, R.D., Bart, H.L., Jr. & Etnier, D.A: 2012. A new darter of the subgenus Oligocephalus, genus Etheostoma, from southeastern Texas and southwestern Louisiana. Tulane Studies in Zoology and Botany, 32: 6–30.

Vernacular names

English: Gumbo Darter