Percidae

Arkansas saddled darter

Etheostoma euzonum

Fish Reaching Twelve Centimeters in North American Waters

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

The Arkansas saddled darter (Etheostoma euzonum) 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 eastern United States, where it occurs in the White River drainage in Arkansas and Missouri. It occurs in deep, fast gravel and rubble riffles of small to medium rivers.