Greenside Darter (Etheostoma blennioides) COSEWIC assessment and status report

Official title: COSEWIC Assessment and Update Status Report on the Greenside Darter Etheostoma Blennioides in Canada

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Table of contents

• Assessment Summary
• Executive Summary
• Species Information
• Distribution
• Habitat
• Biology
• Population Sizes and Trends
• Limiting Factors and Threats
• Special Significance of the Species
• Existing Protection or Other Status Designations
• Technical Summary
• Acknowledgements and Authorities Consulted
• Information Sources
• Biographical Summary of Report Writer
• Collections Examined

COSEWIC status reports are working documents used in assigning the status of wildlife species suspected of being at risk.  This report may be cited as follows:

COSEWIC 2006.  COSEWIC assessment and update status report on the greenside darter Etheostoma blennioides in Canada.  Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada.  Ottawa. vii + 34 pp.

Previous report:

Dalton, Ken.  1990.  COSEWIC status report on the greenside darter Etheostoma blennioides in Canada. Committee on the status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada.  Ottawa. 1-14 pp.

Production note

COSEWIC would like to acknowledge Alan J. Dextrasefor writing the update status report on the greenside darter Etheostoma blennioides in Canada, prepared under contract with Environment Canada.  COSEWIC gratefully acknowledges the financial support from the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (OMNR). The report was overseen and edited by Dr. Robert Campbell, Co-chair of the COSEWIC Freshwater Fishes Species Specialist Subcommittee.

Également disponible en français sous le titre Évaluation et Rapport de situation du COSEPAC sur le dart vert Etheostoma blennioides au Canada - Mise à jour.

Cover illustration:
Male greenside darter -- drawing by Anker Odum reproduced from Scott and Crossman 1973 with permission of W.B. Scott.

©Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada 2006
Catalogue Number CW69-14/511-2007E-PDF
ISBN 978-0-662-45968-2