Rainbow darter

Etheostoma caeruleum

Slender Fish from North American Waters

Rainbow darter is known from North America as a freshwater fish. It occurs in freshwater habitats.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Perches and Allies
Family: Percidae
Genus: Etheostoma
Maximum length: 7.7 cm
Water: Freshwater
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: North America: Great Lakes and Mississippi River basins from southern Ontario in Canada and from western New York to Minnesota, and south to northern Alabama and Arkansas in the USA. Isolated populations in southwestern Mississippi and eastern Louisiana, and in upper Potomac River drainage in West Virginia, USA.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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