Percidae

Brook Darter

Etheostoma burri

Endemic Percid Fish of North American Waters

• Temperate
• Upper river
• Northern Hemisphere
• Restricted distribution
• Freshwater fish
• North America
• Elongated
• Small
• Temperate fish

The brook darter (Etheostoma burri) is a small species of freshwater ray-finned fish, a darter from the subfamily Etheostomatinae, part of the family Percidae, which also contains the perches, ruffes and pikeperches. It is endemic to the eastern United States, where it occurs in the upper Black River system in Missouri, from headwaters to where the River flows into the Mississippi River alluvial plain. It inhabits shallow gravel riffles, sometimes rocky runs and pools, of headwaters, creeks, and small rivers.