Percidae

Goldstripe darter

Etheostoma parvipinne

Six Point Seven Centimeters Percid Fish of North American Waters

• Yellow
• Temperate
• Northern Hemisphere
• Regional distribution
• Freshwater fish
• North America
• West Asia
• Elongated
• Small
• Temperate fish

The goldstripe darter (Etheostoma parvipinne) 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 southeastern United States where it is found in Gulf Slope streams from the Colorado River drainage in Texas to the Flint River in Georgia, the Atlantic Slope in Ocmulgee River system, Georgia, and the Mississippi embayment north as far as southeastern Missouri and western Kentucky. It is typically found in small springs, streams, and creeks with aquatic and marginal vegetation and detritus.