Mud Darter
Etheostoma asprigene
About This Fish

The Mud Darter is a widespread species found in lowland Gulf drainages in Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi north through the Mississippi Embayment to Wisconsin and Minnesota. They inhabit slow-flowing riffles over rocks and debris. Mud Darters have five to six dark vertical bars on the back of their body.

Literature

Cummings, K. S., Grady, J. M., & Burr, B. M. 1984. The life history of the mud darter, Etheostoma asprigene, in Lake Creek, Illinois. Biological notes; no. 122. http://www.ideals.illinois.edu/bitstream/handle/2142/17160/lifehistoryofmud122cumm.pdf?sequence=1