← Back

Golden Darter

Etheostoma denoncourti

Classification

Family
Percidae

The golden darter (Etheostoma denoncourti) 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 found in the upper Tennessee River, one of the over 300 fish species found in Tennessee. Identification This species is similar to the Tippecanoe darter but has scales on cheek behind the eye, 2nd dorsal under the 1st dorsal fin.

Distribution

(c) Gojilynx, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY
Loading map…
Countries in the Picchu catalog