Overview
{{Taxobox | name = Etheostoma | image = Etheostoma swaini.jpg | image_wdith = 240px | image_caption = | regnum = Animalia | phylum = Chordata | classis = Actinopterygii | ordo = Perciformes | familia = Percidae | genus = Etheostoma | genus_authority = Raf., 1819 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision =
The Etheostoma are a genus of small freshwater fish. Most are native to North America. They are commonly known as darters although the term, darter is shared by several other genera. Many can produce Schreckstoff substances that serve to warn nearby fish in case of an attack.
Species List
- Alabama darter (Etheostoma ramseyi)
- Arkansas darter (Etheostoma cragini)
- Arkansas saddled darter (Etheostoma euzonum)
- Arrow darter (Et heostoma sagitta)
- Ashy darter (Etheostoma cinereum)
- Backwater darter (Etheostoma zonifer)
- Banded darter (Etheostoma zonale)
- Bandfin darter (Etheostoma zonistium)
- Barcheek darter (Etheostoma obeyense)
- Barrens darter (Etheostoma forbesi)
- Bayou darter (Etheostoma rubrum)
- Blackside snubnose darter (Etheostoma duryi)
- Blackfin darter (Etheostoma nigripinne)
- Blenny darter (Etheostoma blennius)
- Bloodfin darter (Etheostoma sanguifluu)
- Bluebreast darter (Etheostoma camurum)
- Blueside darter (Etheostoma jessiae)
- Bluntnose darter (Etheostoma chlorosoma)
- Boulder darter (Etheostoma wapiti)
- Brighteye darter (Etheostoma lynceum)
- Brook darte] (Etheostoma burri)
- brown darter (Etheostoma edwini)
- Buffalo darter (Etheostoma bison)
- Candy darter (Etheostoma osburni)
- Carolina darter (Etheostoma collis)
- Cherokee darter (Etheostoma scotti)
- Cherry darter (Etheostoma etnieri)
- Chickasaw darter (Etheostoma cervus)
- Choctawhatchee darter (Etheostoma davisoni)
- Christmas darter (Etheostoma hopkinsi)
- Coastal darter (Etheostoma colorosum)
- Coldwater darter (Etheostoma ditrema)
- Conchos darter (Etheostoma australe)
- Coosa darter (Etheostoma coosae)
- Coppercheek darter (Etheostoma aquali)
- Corrugated darter (Etheostoma basilare)
- Creole darter (Etheostoma collette)
- Crown darter (Etheostoma corona)
- Cumberland darter (Etheostoma susanae)
- Current darter (Etheostoma uniporum)
- Cypress darter (Etheostoma proeliare)
- Duskytail darter (Etheostoma percnurum)
- Egg-mimic darter (Etheostoma pseudovulatum)
- Emerald darter (Etheostoma baileyi)
- Etowah darter (Etheostoma etowahae)
- Fantail darter (Etheostoma flabellare)
- Firebelly darter (Etheostoma pyrrhogaster)
- Fountain darter (Etheostoma fonticola)
- Fringed darter (Etheostoma crossopterum)
- Glassy darter (Etheostoma vitreum)
- Golden darter (Etheostoma denoncourti)
- Goldstripe darter (Etheostoma parvipinne)
- Greenbreast darter (Etheostoma jordani)
- Greenfin darter (Etheostoma chlorobranchium)
- Greenside darter (Etheostoma blennioides)
- Greenthroat darter (Etheostoma lepidum)
- Guardian darter (Etheostoma oophylax)
- Gulf darter (Etheostoma swaini)
- Harlequin darter (Etheostoma histrio)
- Headwater darter (Etheostoma lawrencei)
- Highland Rim darter (Etheostoma kantuckeense)
- Holiday darter (Etheostoma brevirostrum)
- Iowa darter (Etheostoma exile)
- Johnny darter (Etheostoma nigrum)
- Kanawha darter (Etheostoma kanawhae)
- Kentucky darter (Etheostoma rafinesquei)
- Least darter (Etheostoma microperca)
- Lipstick darter (Etheostoma chuckwachatte)
- Lollypop darter (Etheostoma neopterum)
- Longfin darter (Etheostoma longimanum)
- Maryland darter (Etheostoma sellare)
- Mexican darter (Etheostoma pottsii)
- Missouri saddled darter (Etheostoma tetrazonum)
- Mud darter (Etheostoma asprigene)
- Niangua darter (Etheostoma nianguae)
- Okaloosa darter (Etheostoma okaloosae)
- Orangebelly darter (Etheostoma radiosum)
- Orangefin darter (Etheostoma bellum)
- Orangethroat darter (Etheostoma spectabile)
- Paleback darter (Etheostoma pallididorsum)
- Pinewoods darter (Etheostoma mariae)
- Rainbow darter (Etheostoma caeruleum)
- Redband darter (Etheostoma luteovinctum)
- Redfin darter (Etheostoma whipplei)
- Redline darter (Etheostoma rufilineatum)
- Redspot darter (Etheostoma artesiae)
- Relict darter (Etheostoma chienense)
- Rio Grande darter (Etheostoma grahami)
- Salado darter (Etheostoma segrex)
- Riverweed darter (Etheostoma podostemone)
- Rock darter (Etheostoma rupestre)
- Rush darter (Etheostoma phytophilum)
- Saffron darter (Etheostoma flavum)
- Savannah darter (Etheostoma fricksium)
- Sawcheek darter (Etheostoma serrifer)
- Seagreen darter (Etheostoma thalassinum)
- Sharphead darter (Etheostoma acuticeps)
- Shawnee darter (Etheostoma tecumsehi)
- Slabrock darter (Etheostoma smithi)
- Slackwater darter (Etheostoma boschungi)
- Slough darter (Etheostoma gracile)
- Smallscale darter (Etheostoma microlepidum)
- Snubnose darter (Etheostoma simoterum)
- Sooty darter (Etheostoma olivaceum)
- Speckled darter (Etheostoma stigmaeum)
- Splendid darter (Etheostoma barrenense)
- Spottail darter (Etheostoma squamiceps)
- Spotted darter (Etheostoma maculatum)
- Stippled darter (Etheostoma punctulatum)
- Stone darter (Etheostoma derivativum)
- Strawberry darter (Etheostoma fragi)
- Striated darter (Etheostoma striatulum)
- Striped darter (Etheostoma virgatum)
- Stripetail darter (Etheostoma kennicotti)
- Swamp darter (Etheostoma fusiforme)
- Swannanoa darter (Etheostoma swannanoa)
- Tallapoosa darter (Etheostoma tallapoosae)
- Teardrop darter (Etheostoma barbouri)
- Tessellated darter (Etheostoma olmstedi)
- Tippecanoe darter (Etheostoma tippecanoe)
- Tombigbee darter (Etheostoma lachneri)
- Trispot darter (Etheostoma trisella)
- Tuckasegee darter (Etheostoma gutselli)
- Tufa darter (Etheostoma lugoi)
- Turquoise darter (Etheostoma inscriptum)
- Tuscumbia darter (Etheostoma tuscumbia)
- Tuskaloossa darter (Etheostoma douglasi)
- Variegate darter (Etheostoma variatum)
- Vermilion darter (Etheostoma chermocki)
- Waccamaw darter (Etheostoma perlongum)
- Warrior darter (Etheostoma bellator)
- Watercress darter (Etheostoma nuchale)
- Wounded darter (Etheostoma vulneratum)
- Yazoo darter (Etheostoma raneyi)
- Yellowcheek darter (Etheostoma moorei)
- Yoke darter (Etheostoma juliae)
Taxonomy
The Genus Etheostoma is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 275 species and subspecies in the Genus Etheostoma: E. (Boleosoma) perlongum · E. (Catonotus) · E. (Cottogaster) · E. (Hadropterus) · E. (Nothonotus) tippecanoe · E. (Oligocephalus) · E. (Ulocentra) · E. acuticeps (Sharphead Darter) · E. akatulo · E. aquali (Coppercheek Darter) · E. arcuscelestis · E. artesiae (Redspot Darter) · E. asprigene (Mud Darter) · E. aspro · E. atripinne (Cumberland Snubnose Darter) · E. aubeenaubei · E. australe (Dardo De Conchos) · E. baileyi (Emerald Clingfish) · E. barbouri (Teardrop Butterflyfish) · E. barratti · E. barrenense (Splendid Darter) · E. basilare (Corrugated Darter) · E. beani · E. bellator (Warrior Darter) · E. bellum (Orangefin Characin) · E. bifascia · E. bison (Buffalo Darter) · E. blenniodes · E. blennioide · E. blennioides (Greenside Darter) · E. blennioides blennioides (Greenside Darter) · E. blennioides gutselli (Tuckasegee Darter) · E. blennioides newmani (Greenside Darter) · E. blennioides newmanii · E. blennioides pholidotum (Greenside Darter) · E. blennius (Blenny Darter) · E. blennius blennius (Blenny Darter) · E. blennius sequatchiense · E. blennoides · E. boleosoma · E. boreale · E. boschungi (Slackwater Darter) · E. brevirostrum (Holiday Darter) · E. burri (Brook Darter) · E. caerulea (Rainbow Darter) · E. caeruleum (Rainbow Darter) · E. caeruleum caeruleum (Rainbow Darter) · E. caeruleum hybrid · E. calliura · E. camurum (Bluebreast Darter) · E. caprodes · E. catonotus · E. cervus (Chickasaw Darter) · E. chermocki (Vermiculated Triggerfish) · E. chienense (Relict Darter) · E. chlorobranchium (Greenfin Darter?names of Fishes 133) · E. chlorosoma (Bluntnose Darter) · E. chlorosomum (Bluntnose Darter) · E. chuckwachatte (Lipstick Darter) · E. cinerea (Ashy Darter) · E. cinereum (Ashy Darter) · E. clara · E. clarum · E. coeruleum · E. collettei (Creole Darter) · E. collis (Carolina Darter) · E. collis lepidinion · E. colorosum (Coastal Darter) · E. coosae (Coosa Darter) · E. corona (Crown Darter) · E. cragini (Arkansas Darter) · E. crossopterum (Fringe-Lipped Worm Eel) · E. cumberlandicum · E. cymatotaenia (Bluestripe Darter) · E. davisoni (Choctawhatchee Darter) · E. denoncourti (Golden Darter) · E. denoncourtivan (Golden Darter) · E. derivativum (Stone Darter) · E. ditrema (Coldwater Darter) · E. ditroma · E. douglasi (Tuskaloossa Darter) · E. duryi (Blackside Snubnose Darter) · E. edwini (Brown Darter) · E. erythrozonum (Meramec Saddled Darter) · E. E. (Scaly Goby) · E. etnieri (Cherry Darter) · E. etowahae (Etowah Darter) · E. euzonum (Arkansas Saddled Darter) · E. euzonum erizonum (Current Saddled Darter) · E. euzonum euzonum (Arkansas Saddled Darter) · E. evides · E. exile (Iowa Darter) · E. flabellare (Fantail Darter) · E. flabellare flabellare (Fantail Darter) · E. flabellare jessiae · E. flabellare lineolatum · E. flabellaris (Fantail Darter) · E. flabellata · E. flavum (Saffron Darter) · E. fonticola (Fountain Darter) · E. fontinalis · E. forbesi (Barrens Darter) · E. formosa · E. fragi (Strawberry Darter) · E. fricksia (Savannah Darter) · E. fricksium (Savannah Darter) · E. fusiforme (Swamp Darter) · E. fusiforme baratti · E. fusiforme barratti (Swamp Darter) · E. fusiforme fusiforme (Swamp Darter) · E. fusiforme metaegadae · E. gracile (Slough Darter) · E. grahami (Rio De La Plata Onesided Livebearer) · E. gutselli (Tuckasegee Darter) · E. hildebrandti · E. histrio (Harlequin Darter?134 Names of Fishes) · E. hopkinsi (Christmas Darter) · E. hopkinsi binotatum (Christmas Darter) · E. hopkinsi hopkinsi (Christmas Darter) · E. inscriptum (Turquiose Cichlid) · E. iowae · E. jessiae (Blueside Darter) · E. jordani (Greenbreast Darter) · E. juliae (Yoke Darter) · E. kanawhae (Kanawha Darter) · E. kantuckeense (Highfinned Parrotfish) · E. kennicotti (Stripetail Darter) · E. lachneri (Tombigbee Darter) · E. lawrencei (Headwater Darter) · E. lemniscatum · E. lepidogenys · E. lepidum (Greenstripe Rockfish) · E. linsleyi · E. longimana (Longfin Darter) · E. longimanum (Longfin Darter) · E. lugoi (Tufa Darter) · E. luteovinctum (Redband Darter) · E. luteovinctumin (Redband Darter) · E. lynceum (Brighteye Darter) · E. macrocephalum (Longhead Darter) · E. maculata (Spotted Darter) · E. maculatum (Spotted Darter) · E. maculatum sanguifluum · E. maculatum vulneratum · E. marginata · E. mariae (Pinewoods Darter) · E. marmorpinnum · E. meadiae (Bluespar Darter) · E. meridianum (Southern Sand Darter) · E. microlepidum (Smallscale Darter) · E. microperca (Least Darter) · E. micropterus · E. moorei (Yellowcheek Darter) · E. neopterum (Lollipop Darter) · E. nevisense · E. nianguae (Niangua Darter) · E. nigra (Johnny Darter) · E. nigripinne (Blackfin Darter) · E. nigrum (Johnny Darter) · E. nigrum digitale · E. nigrum eulepis · E. nigrum hybrid · E. nigrum nigrum (Johnny Darter) · E. nigrum olmstedi (Johnny Darter) · E. nigrum susanae · E. notatum · E. nuchale (Watercress Darter) · E. obeyense (Barcheek Darter) · E. occidentale · E. okaloosae (Okaloosa Darter) · E. olivaceum (Dirty Darter) · E. olmstedi (Tessellated Darter) · E. olmstedi atromaculatum · E. olmstedi maculaticeps (Tessellated Darter) · E. olmstedi olmstedi (Tessellated Darter) · E. oophylax (Guardian Darter) · E. orientale · E. osburni (Finescale Saddled Darter) · E. pagei · E. pallididorsum (Paleback Darter?names of Fishes 135) · E. parvipinne (Goldstripe Darter) · E. parvipinnein (Goldstripe Darter) · E. pellucida · E. pellucidum (Eastern Sand Darter) · E. peltatum (Shield Darter) · E. percnurum (Duskytail Chromis) · E. perlongum (Waccamaw Darter) · E. phoxocephalum (Slenderhead Darter) · E. phytophilum (Rush Darter) · E. planasaxatile · E. podostemone (Riverweed Darter) · E. pottsi (Chihuahua Darter) · E. pottsii (Chihuahua Darter) · E. proeliare (Cypress Darter) · E. pseudovulatum (Egg-Carrying Buntingi) · E. punctulatum (Stippled Darter) · E. pyrrhogaster (Firebelly Darter) · E. radiosum (Orangebar Triplefin) · E. radiosum cyanorum · E. rafinesquei (Kentucky Snubnose Darter) · E. rafinesqueiin (Kentucky Darter) · E. ramseyi (Alabama Darter) · E. raneyi (Yazoo Darter) · E. rex (Roanoke Logperch) · E. roanoka (Roanoke Darter) · E. rubrum (Bayou Darter) · E. rufilineatum (Redline Darter) · E. rupestre (Rock Darter) · E. sagitta (Arrow Darter) · E. sagitta sagitta (Arrow Darter) · E. sagitta spilotum (Arrow Darter) · E. saludae (Saluda Darter) · E. sanguifluum (Bloodfin Darter) · E. saxatile · E. sciotense · E. scotti (Cherokee Darter) · E. scovellii · E. segrex (Río Salado Darter) · E. sellare (Maryland Darter) · E. sequatchiense (Sequatchie Darter) · E. serrifer (Sawcheek Darter) · E. serriferum (Sawcheek Darter) · E. shumardi · E. simoterum (Tennessee Snubnose Darter) · E. simoterum atripinne · E. simoterum simoterum (Tennessee Snubnose Darter) · E. sitikuense · E. smithi (Slabrock Darter) · E. spectabile (Orangetail Leatherjacket) · E. spectabile fragi · E. spectabile pulchellum (Orangethroat Darter) · E. spectabile spectabile · E. spectabile squamosum (Orangethroat Darter) · E. spectabile uniporum · E. squamatus (Olive Darter) · E. squamiceps (Spottail Darter) · E. stigmaeum (Speckled Darter) · E. striatulum (Striated Darter) · E. susanae (Cumberland Johnny Darter) · E. swaini (Gulf Darter) · E. swannanoa (Swannanoa Darter?136 Names of Fishes) · E. tallapoosae (Tallapoosa Darter) · E. tecumsehi (Shawnee Darter) · E. tennesseense · E. tessellata · E. tetrazonum (Missouri Saddled Darter) · E. thalassinum (Seagreen Darter) · E. tippecanoe (Tippecanoe Darter) · E. trisella (Trispot Darter) · E. tuscumbia (Tuscumbia Darter) · E. ulocentra · E. uniporum (Current Darter) · E. uranidea (Stargazing Darter) · E. variata (Variegate Darter) · E. variatum (Variegate Darter) · E. verecundum · E. virgatum (Striped Darter) · E. vitreum (Glassy Cardinalfish) · E. vivax · E. vulneratum (Wounded Darter) · E. wapiti (Elk River Darter) · E. whipplei (Redfin Darter) · E. whipplei alabamae (Redfin Darter) · E. whipplei artesiae (Redfin Darter) · E. whipplei whipplei (Redfin Darter) · E. whipplii (Redfin Darter) · E. wrighti · E. zonale (Banded Darter) · E. zonale arcansanum · E. zonale lynceum · E. zonale zonale · E. zonale zonalis · E. zonifer (Backwater Butterflyray) · E. zoniferum (Backwater Darter) · E. zonistium (Bandfin Cardinalfish)
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