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Etheostoma

{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}

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| image = Etheostoma caeruleum.jpg

| image_caption = Etheostoma caeruleum

| image2 = Etheostoma swaini.jpg

| image2_caption = Etheostoma swaini

| taxon = Etheostoma

| authority = Rafinesque, 1819

| type_species = Etheostoma blennioides

| type_species_authority = Rafinesque, 1819{{Cof record | genid=972 | title = Etheostoma | access-date = 21 September 2020}}

| synonyms = {{collapsible list|bullets = true|title=List

|Allohistium R.M. Bailey, 1955

|Arlina Girard, 1859

|Astatichthys Vaillant, 1873

|Austroperca C.L. Hubbs, 1936

|Belophlox Fowler, 1947

|Boleosoma DeKay, 1842

|Catonotus Agassiz, 1854

|Claricola D.S. Jordan & Evermann, 1896

|Copelandellus D.S. Jordan & Evermann, 1896

|Diplesion Rafinesque, 1820

|Doration D.S. Jordan, 1929

|Estrella Girard, 1859

|Fuscatelum Page, 1981

|Hololepis Putnam, 1863

|Hyostoma Agassiz, 1854

|Ioa D.S. Jordan & Brayton, 1878

|Litocara R.M. Bailey, 1948

|Microperca Putnam, 1863

|Mooreichthys R.R. Stephens, K.A. Johnson & M.P. Grady, 2014

|Nanostoma Putnam, 1877

|Nivicola D.S. Jordan & Evermann, 1896

|Niviperca Whitley, 1951

|Nothonotus Putnam, 1863

|Oligocephalus Girard, 1859

|Ozarka J.D. Williams & Robison, 1981

|Poecilichthys Agassiz, 1854

|Poecilosoma Agassiz, 1850

|Psychromaster D.S. Jordan & Evermann, 1896

|Rafinesquiellus D.S. Jordan & Evermann, 1896

|Rhothoeca D.S. Jordan, 1885

|Richia Coker, 1926

|Richiella Coker, 1927

|Torrentaria D.S. Jordan & Evermann, 1896

|Ulocentra D.S. Jordan, 1878

|Vaillantia D.S. Jordan, 1878

|Villora Hubbs & Cannon, 1935

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| synonyms_ref = {{Cof family | family = Etheostomatinae | access-date = 21 September 2020}}

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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.{{FishBase genus | genus = Etheostoma | month = October | year = 2015 }} 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.Smith, R.J.F. (1992): Alarm signals in fishes. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 2 (1): 33–63.

Species

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. 2023Julia 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

References

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Category:Etheostomatinae

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Category:Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque

Category:Freshwater fish genera