Percidae

Cherry darter

Etheostoma etnieri

Seven Point Seven Centimeters Percid Fish of North American Waters

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

The cherry darter (Etheostoma etnieri) 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 endemic to the upper Caney Fork system of the Cumberland River drainage in the U.S. state of Tennessee.