Etheostoma

Etheostoma is a genus of small freshwater fish in the family Percidae native to North America. Most are restricted to the United States, but species are also in Canada and Mexico.[3] 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.[4]

Etheostoma
Etheostoma caeruleum
Etheostoma swaini
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Percidae
Subfamily: Etheostomatinae
Genus: Etheostoma
Rafinesque, 1819
Type species
Etheostoma blennioides
Rafinesque, 1819[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • 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

Species

The 157 recognized species in this genus are:

References

  1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Etheostoma". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
  2. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Etheostomatinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). Species of Etheostoma in FishBase. October 2015 version.
  4. Smith, R.J.F. (1992): Alarm signals in fishes. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 2 (1): 33-63.
  5. Near, T.J. & Thomas, M.R. (2015): A New Barcheek Darter Species from Buck Creek (Cumberland River System), Kentucky (Percidae: Etheostomatinae: Catonotus: Oopareia). Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History, 56 (2): 127–146.
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