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Harlequin darter (Etheostoma histrio)
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Harlequin darter (Etheostoma histrio) specimen
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Percidae

Harlequin darter

Etheostoma histrio

Fish Reaching Seven Point Seven Centimeters in North American Waters

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

Harlequin darter is known around North America as a freshwater fish; It occurs in freshwater habitats, and records give a maximum length of 7.7 cm.

Family
Percidae
Maximum length
7.7 cm
Water
Freshwater
Distribution
North America: Former Mississippi Embayment and Gulf Slope drainages from Kentucky and Missouri to Louisiana, and from Escambia River in Alabama and Florida to Neches River in Texas in the USA. In Red and Arkansas drainages west to Oklahoma and Texas; in Wabash River drainage and Green River system in USA.
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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