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Etheostoma

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Template:Short description Template:Automatic taxobox Etheostoma is a genus of small freshwater fish in the family Percidae, and within the sub-family Etheostomatinae, native to North America. Most are restricted to the United States, but species are also found in Canada and Mexico.<ref name=FishBase>{{#invoke:Cite taxon|main|fishbase|genus=|species=|subspecies=}}</ref> They are commonly known as darters, although the term "darter" is shared by several other genera. Many can produce alarm pheromones that serve to warn nearby fish in case of an attack.<ref name=Smith1992>Smith, R.J.F. (1992): Alarm signals in fishes. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 2 (1): 33–63.</ref>

SpeciesEdit

The 157 recognized species in this genus are:

  • Etheostoma xanthovum Julia E. Wood, Richard C. Harrington, Zachariah D. Alley, Matthew R. Thomas, Jeffrey W. Simmons and Thomas J. Near. 2023<ref>Julia E. Wood, Richard C. Harrington, Zachariah D. Alley, Matthew R. Thomas, Jeffrey W. Simmons and Thomas J. Near. 2023. A New Species of Spottail Darter Endemic to the Clarks River in Kentucky and Tennessee (Percidae: Etheostomatinae: Etheostoma). Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History. 64(1); 11–37. DOI: 10.3374/014.064.0102</ref>

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