Percidae

Golden darter

Etheostoma denoncourti

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

The golden darter (Etheostoma denoncourti) is a 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 found in the upper Tennessee River, one of the over 300 fish species found in Tennessee.