The African Darter is a member of the darter family, Anhingidae, and is closely related to American (Anhinga anhinga), Oriental (Anhinga melanogaster), and Australian (Anhinga novaehollandiae) Darters.
The site several large waterbird nesting colonies; other birds that breed in relatively large numbers include Little Black, Little Pied and Pied Cormorants, Darters, Australian White Ibises, Royal Spoonbills, Australian Pelicans, Great, Intermediate and Cattle Egrets, Pied Herons and Nankeen Night Herons.
Aquatic moss, watercress, and milfoil are common habitats for the coldwater darter, as they perch on the clumps of vegetation.
The Cumberland darter, Etheostoma susanae, is a rare species of fish in the perch familyendemic to Kentucky and Tennessee in the United States, where it occurs in the upper Cumberland River tributaries above Cumberland Falls.
Knapp Creek in Pocahontas County, West Virginia is home to a population known colloquially as the Knapp Creek Candy Darter.
Another remarkable achievement was throwing a nine-darter at the Denmark Open in 2008, a tournament in which he would lose the final against the Polish player Krzysztof Ratajski.
Endangered fish and mussel species present in Hay Swamp include, Eastern Sand Darter, Greenside Darter, Northern Riffleshell, Snuffbox,Wavy-rayed Lampmussel, Rainbow Mussel and Kidneyshell.
Wade's first televised nine-darter, came against Gary Anderson at the 2008 Grand Slam of Darts in Wolverhampton on November 20, 2008, shown live on ITV4.
Skiotocharax meizon is a species of South American darter endemic to Guyana where it is found in the basins of the Mazaruni and Berbice Rivers.
It has also attracted indigenous endangered species including Painted Stork, Grey Heron, Darter, Little Cormorant, Little Egret, Intermediate Egret, Cattle Egret, Common Teal, Spotbills, pintail, and flamingos.
The watercress darter is only known to exist in four specific bodies of water, two in the Watercress Darter National Wildlife Refuge and two at the Seven Springs in the Powderly neighborhood of Birmingham.