Rainbow Darter

Etheostoma caeruleum

About This Fish

The Rainbow Darter is widespread in eastern North America in the Great Lakes and Mississippi River drainages. They are found in rocky riffles and runs in small creeks to medium rivers. As the common name suggests, Rainbow Darters have a wide array of colors on the body and fins of breeding males. They are frequently the dominant darter in smaller streams where they occur.

Rainbow Darter Etheostoma caeruleum M Boiling Fk Ck 27 Feb 2017

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Alabama (AL), Georgia (GA), Virginia (VA), Tennessee (TN), Kentucky (KY), Mississippi (MS)

Upper Cumberland – 05130101, Rockcastle – 05130102, Upper Cumberland-Lake Cumberland – 05130103, South Fork Cumberland – 05130104, Obey – 05130105, Upper Cumberland-Cordell Hull Reservior – 05130106, Caney – 05130108, Lower Cumberland-Old Hickory Lake – 05130201, Lower Cumberland-Sycamore – 05130202, Stones – 05130203, Harpeth – 05130204, Lower Cumberland – 05130205, Red – 05130206, Watauga, North Carolina, Tennessee – 06010103, Nolichucky – 06010108, Watts Bar Lake – 06010201, Upper Clinch, Tennessee, Virginia – 06010205, Powell – 06010206, Lower Clinch – 06010207, Middle Tennessee-Chickamauga – 06020001, Hiwassee – 06020002, Sequatchie – 06020004, Guntersville Lake – 06030001, Wheeler Lake – 06030002, Upper Elk – 06030003, Lower Elk – 06030004, Pickwick Lake – 06030005, Bear – 06030006, Lower Tennessee-Beech – 06040001, Upper Duck – 06040002, Lower Duck – 06040003, Buffalo – 06040004, Kentucky Lake – 06040005

Rainbow Darter

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