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Cumberland Plateau Darter

Etheostoma spilotum

Classification

Family
Percidae

The Kentucky arrow darter (Etheostoma spilotum), sometimes known as the Cumberland Plateau 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 eastern United States, where it is found only in the upper Kentucky River drainage in Kentucky. It inhabits rocky riffles and pools of headwaters, creeks and small rivers.

Distribution

(c) U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Southeast Region, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY
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