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Fountain darter (Etheostoma fonticola)
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Fountain darter (Etheostoma fonticola) specimen
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Percidae

Fountain darter

Etheostoma fonticola

Spawn every thirty three days

  • Tropical
  • Northern Hemisphere
  • Restricted distribution
  • Freshwater fish
  • North America
  • Elongated
  • Small
  • Tropical fish

Fountain darter is a freshwater fish from North America. It inhabits freshwater habitats. Records give a maximum length of 4.3 cm.

Family
Percidae
Maximum length
4.3 cm
Water
Freshwater
Body shape
elongated
Distribution
North America: found only in San Marcos and Comal springs and their effluent rivers (Guadalupe River system) in southern central Texas, USA.

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