Snail darter
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{{Taxobox | color = pink | name = Snail darter | status = Conservation status: Vulnerable | image = Snail_darter.jpg | image width = 250 | regnum = Animalia | phylum = Chordata | classis = Actinopterygii | ordo = Perciformes | familia = Percidae | genus = Percina | species = P. tanasi | binomial = Percina tanasi | binomial_authority = Etnier, 1976 }} The snail darter is a small (up to 9 cm long) fish native to waters of East Tennessee. It was declared to be an endangered species in 1975 under the new Endangered Species Act (ESA) of 1973. The snail darter is a variety of darter (fish) which feeds primarily on aquatic snails.