Marbled Darter

Etheostoma marmorpinnum

Four Point One Centimeters Percid Fish

Marbled Darter is a freshwater fish found around North America. It inhabits freshwater habitats. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 4.1 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Perches and Allies
Family: Percidae
Genus: Etheostoma
Maximum length: 4.1 cm
Water: Freshwater
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: North America: USA. Etheostoma marmorpinnum occurs in lower Little River (Tennessee drainage), Blount County, Tennessee, but is generally rare in the upstream reaches. The species does not appear to be continuously distributed. The stronghold is just upstream of the backwaters of Fort Loudoun Reservoir (Layman 1991). Also known from a single specimen from the South Fork Holston River in Sullivan County, Tennessee, collected in 1947, three years before construction of the South Fork Holston Dam was completed. The capture site was 0.6 rkm above the dam, whose tailwater has long been and continues to be cold-water. The species is now extirpated from the Holston River (Ref. 79849 ).
Conservation status: CRCritically Endangered

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