Endangered
Amber darter
Percina antesella
Amber darter is an uncommon fish with a small range and the International Union for Conservation of Nature has classified its conservation status as being "endangered".
Appearance
It has dark saddle-like markings on its golden brown upper body while the belly is a yellow-to-cream color.
The amber darter is typically less than 2.5 in (6.4 cm) in length and has a slender body.
Range and habitat
It is native to the Conasauga River and Etowah River in Georgia and Tennessee in the United States. It typically inhabits riffle areas over gravel and sand bottoms, hiding in aquatic vegetation when present. It is an uncommon fish with a small range and the International Union for Conservation of Nature has classified its conservation status as being "endangered".
Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.
Diet and breeding
While there is little data available about the breeding habits of the amber darter, what information is available suggests that it spawns from late fall to early spring. During the summer, when aquatic vegetation grows in the rivers, the amber darter feeds in the vegetation and uses it for cover.
The amber darter preys mainly on gastropods, such as limpets and Snails, and aquatic insects. It feeds on small invertebrates and probably breeds between late fall and early spring.
In crisis
Amber darter is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.
Sources
Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Amber darter, Wikidata item Q3753219. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.
