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Johnny Darter

Etheostoma nigrum

Classification

Family
Percidae

The johnny darter (Etheostoma nigrum) 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 native to shallow waters throughout North America east of the Rocky Mountains. Etymology The johnny darter's Latin name comes from the Greek root words etheo, meaning to filter, stoma, meaning mouth, and nigrum, meaning black.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 2,531Canada · 580