OUTDOOR FACTOIDS: Five new species of freshwater darters to be
named after U.S. presidentsNo disrespect to lawmakers here, but
there are people out there who consider all politicians to be
kind of, well … fishy. That’s now true in the literal sense
after the recent action to name five new species of freshwater
darters after four U.S. presidents and a vice president:
Theodore Roosevelt, Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, Al Gore and
Barack Obama... and more. No disrespect to lawmakers here, but
there are people out there who consider all politicians to be
kind of, well … fishy. That’s now true in the literal sense
after the recent action to name five new species of freshwater
darters after four U.S. presidents and a vice president:
Theodore Roosevelt, Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, Al Gore and
Barack Obama. All of the new species belong to Etheostoma, a
genus of small freshwater fish in the family Percidae known for
beautiful color patterns. According to Richard Mayden, a
professor in the Saint Louis University Departme