Percidae

Bluebreast darter

Etheostoma camurum

Eight Point Four Centimeters Percid Fish from North American Waters

• Blue
• Temperate
• Northern Hemisphere
• Regional distribution
• Freshwater fish
• North America
• Small
• Temperate fish

The bluebreast darter (Nothonotus camurus) is a small species of freshwater ray-finned fish, a darter from the genus Nothonotus, part of the family Percidae, which also contains the perches, ruffes and pikeperches. It is endemic to the eastern United States from New York and Illinois to Tennessee and North Carolina.