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Elassoma alabamae Mayden, 1993

Spring pygmy sunfish

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Rediscovered twice.

 

Distribution

Alabama (northern), USA

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

Mayden, Richard L. (1993). Elassoma alabamae, a New Species of Pygmy Sunfish Endemic to the Tennessee River Drainage of Alabama (Teleostei: Elassomatidae). Bull. Alabama Mus. Nat. Hist. 16: 1-14.


Other references:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring_pygmy_sunfish

https://www.nationalobserver.com/2020/01/08/news/tiny-alabama-fish-twice-declared-extinct-about-face-another-threat

 

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