Percidae

Ouachita darter

Percina brucethompsoni

Spawn in spring gravel streams

• Temperate
• Northern Hemisphere
• Local endemic species
• Restricted distribution
• Freshwater fish
• North America
• Elongated
• Small
• Temperate fish

Percina brucethompsoni, the Ouachita darter, 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 Ouachita River system in the Ouachita Mountains in Arkansas. When breeding, in the Spring, they are normally found in riffles and fast runs with gravel or pebble substrates at depths of around 1 metre (3.3 ft).