Etheostoma_gore

<i>Etheostoma gore</i>

Etheostoma gore

Species of fish

This article is about a North American fish species named Cumberland darter. For the other species named Cumberland darter, see Etheostoma susanae.

Etheostoma gore (Cumberland darter) is a freshwater fish found in Kentucky and Tennessee in the Cumberland River drainage below Cumberland Falls.[1] It was named after the 45th vice-president of the United States, Al Gore, for his environmental vision, commitment, and accomplishments throughout decades of public service and his role in educating the public and raising awareness on the issue of global climate change.[2]

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See also

References

  1. [1]
    Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Etheostoma ogore" in FishBase. December 2019 version.
  2. [2]
    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.


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