Turns out the Snail Darter, which halted a TVA dam’s construction in the first major test of the Endangered Species Act, was never a distinct species. All species descriptions are hypotheses open to testing.
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Ben Keck
Snail Darter = Stargazing Darter!
Here's our paper synonomizing the Snail Darter with the Stargazing Darter. Our work leading to our 2011 phylogeny of darters identified many undescribed species and some, like this, that might suggest synonomy is in order.
Here's our paper synonomizing the Snail Darter with the Stargazing Darter. Our work leading to our 2011 phylogeny of darters identified many undescribed species and some, like this, that might suggest synonomy is in order.
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