Percidae

Blueside darter

Etheostoma jessiae

Six Point Eight Centimeters Percid Fish of North American Waters

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

The blueside darter (Etheostoma jessiae) is usually found in the Tennessee River drainage in Tennessee, Alabama, North Carolina, and Virginia, and less commonly found in Bear Creek, Shoal Creek, and Barren Fork.