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Tufa darter

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Actinopterygii

Family
  
Percidae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Perciformes

Genus
  
Etheostoma

The Tufa darter (Etheostoma lugoi) is a species of darter endemic to Rio Mesquites and its tributaries in Bolson de Cuatro Cienegas, Mexico. It inhabits unvegetated river bottoms made of gravel to cobble-sized fragments of tufa and tufa stromatolites. This species can reach a length of 3.8 cm (1.5 in).

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Tufa darter Wikipedia