1
: anhinga
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: any of numerous small North American freshwater bony fishes (especially genera Ammocrypta, Etheostoma, and Percina of the family Percidae)
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Now, genomic tools developed since that era, and a comparison of morphology, have revealed that the snail darter is very similar to the stargazing darter (P. uranidea), which is not considered endangered or threatened.
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Byscience News Staff, science.org, 9 Jan. 2025
Instead, Near and his co-authors argue, the tiny fish known as Percina tanasi that embodied a David and Goliath battle against the Tellico Dam is an eastern population of the stargazing darter—not a distinct or endangered species.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025
People gravitate to it, leaving more open space on the fringes for former lawn darters like me.
—Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 11 July 2024
On the landward side are women with parasols and schoolchildren coasting on bicycles alongside emerald green paddy fields that harbor a wealth of wetland birds: pond herons, darters, sunbirds.
—Chandrahas Choudhury, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Mar. 2024
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Byscience News Staff, science.org, 9 Jan. 2025
Instead, Near and his co-authors argue, the tiny fish known as Percina tanasi that embodied a David and Goliath battle against the Tellico Dam is an eastern population of the stargazing darter—not a distinct or endangered species.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025
People gravitate to it, leaving more open space on the fringes for former lawn darters like me.
—Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 11 July 2024
On the landward side are women with parasols and schoolchildren coasting on bicycles alongside emerald green paddy fields that harbor a wealth of wetland birds: pond herons, darters, sunbirds.
—Chandrahas Choudhury, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Mar. 2024
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“Darter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/darter. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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