Crystal darter
Crystallaria asprella
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Overview
- Habitat summary
- Crystal darters inhabit rivers with modest current, sandy riffles, and a sand/gravel bottom of medium to large size streams (Florida Natural Areas Inventory 2001). They can be found within the Mississippi River basin from Wisconsin and Minnesota east to Ohio, west to Oklahoma, and south to Louisiana and Florida (Boschung and Mayden 2004, Page 1983). In Florida, crystal darters occur in the Escambia River.
- Diet
- they feed on a variety of invertebrates.
- Water type
- freshwater
When to fish
- Seasonality
- Spawning presumably begins in meandering side channels of main waterwaya when water temperatures reach 53. The spawning season usually lasts one week.
Where to fish
- Habitat summary
- Crystal darters inhabit rivers with modest current, sandy riffles, and a sand/gravel bottom of medium to large size streams (Florida Natural Areas Inventory 2001). They can be found within the Mississippi River basin from Wisconsin and Minnesota east to Ohio, west to Oklahoma, and south to Louisiana and Florida (Boschung and Mayden 2004, Page 1983). In Florida, crystal darters occur in the Escambia River.
- Habitat zone
- freshwater
- Fishing zone
- freshwater
How to catch
Not in the source.
Bait & lures
Not in the source.
Size
Not in the source.
Records
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No record catch is in the source.
Related states & places
Place links are planning context, not proof of local species presence. Florida city links marked local context follow existing directory relationships, not catch reports.
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Source-linked directories
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Boat ramps — Florida
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Bait shops — Florida
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Related species
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Source evidence by state
Florida
- common name local
- Crystal Darter
- scientific name local
- Crystallaria asprella
- water type local
- freshwater
- enrichment status
- enriched
- waterbodies
- Escambia River
- geo regions fl
- Panhandle
- range precision
- waterbody
Indiana
- common name local
- Crystal Darter
- scientific name local
- Crystallaria asprella
- water type local
- freshwater
- enrichment status
- seed
Legacy Florida source profiles
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