Location
It is found in the Neches, Sabine, and Calcasieu River drainages in southeastern Texas and southwestern Louisiana. They inhabit riverbanks, where there are exposed roots with accumulated vegetational debris, and sand to mixed sand and gravel substrate with very little silt.
Description
The gumbo darter was first formally described in 2012 by Royal Dallas Suttkus, Henry L. Bart Jr and David A. Etnier with the type locality given as the Neches River, just below the Town Bluff dam at Town Bluff, Tyler County, Texas.
Etymology
The specific name honors the biologist Dr Bruce Allen Thompson (1946–2007).
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