Q:Etheostoma barbouri the teardrop darter is a species of darter endemic to the eastern United States. It is only found in Kentucky and Tennessee where it occurs in the mid- to upper reaches of the Green River drainage. It inhabits small rivers and creeks and rocky pools where it feeds on the larvae of blackflies and midges immature stages of caddisflies and mayflies and cladocerans and copepods. Given a list of categories: company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work, what category does the paragraph belong to?
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Animal