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 All Fishes Data Sheet | |
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| Scientific Name | Etheostoma caeruleum Storer, 1845 |
| Common Name | Rainbow Darter |
| Type Locality | Fox River, Illinois, U.S.A. |
| Synonym(s) | Etheostoma caeruleum caeruleum, Etheostoma formosa, Poecilichthys caeruleus, Poecilosoma erythrogastrum, Poecilosoma transversum |
| Pronunciation | ee theo stoh mah |
| Etymology | From the Greek, etheo meaning to strain and from stoma meaning mouth. |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 77mm or 3" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | North America: Great Lakes and Mississippi River basins from southern Ontario in Canada and from western New York to Minnesota, and south to northern Alabama and Arkansas in the USA. Isolated populations in southwestern Mississippi and eastern Louisiana, and in upper Potomac River drainage in West Virginia, USA. |
| IUCN Red List Category | Least Concern , range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2011. |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Feeding | Omnivorous. Some accept high quality flake and granular food. Brine shrimp, bloodworm and cyclops are readily accepted and snails are especially relished. User data. |
| Breeding | Crevice spawners. |
| Breeding Reports | There is no breeding report. |
| Further Information | |
| Reference | Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History v. 2 (1845-1848), pp 47. |
| Registered Keepers | There is but a single registered keeper, view all "my fish" data. |
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| Spotters | Spotted this species somewhere? Click the binoculars! There are 2 records of this fish being seen, view them all. |
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| LFS label creator ARN ref:3.73.782.4606 | |
| Last Update | 2025 Jan 01 12:50 (species record created: 2013 Feb 15 21:11) |