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| Scientific Name | Etheostoma flabellare Rafinesque, 1819 |
| Common Name | Fantail Darter |
| Type Locality | U.S.A. |
| Synonym(s) | Catonotus fasciatus, Catonotus flabellaris, Catonotus flabellaris flabellaris, Catonotus lineolatus, Etheostoma flabellare flabellare, Etheostoma flabellare lineolatum, Etheostoma flabellaris, Etheostoma linsleyi, Poecilichthys flabellaris |
| Pronunciation | ee theo stoh mah |
| Etymology | From the Greek, etheo meaning to strain and from stoma meaning mouth. |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 84mm or 3.3" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | North America: Atlantic, Great Lakes, and Mississippi River basins from southern Quebec in Canada to Minnesota, and south to South Carolina (in Santee River system) in northern Alabama, and northeastern Oklahoma in the 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 | Journal de Physique, de Chimie et d'Histoire Naturelle v. 88, pp 419. |
| Registered Keepers | There is no registered keeper. |
| Wishlists | Love this species? Click the heart to add it to your wish list. There is no wish to keep this species. |
| Spotters | Spotted this species somewhere? Click the binoculars! There is no record of this fish being seen. |
| Forum BBCode | |
 | Look up E. flabellare on Fishbase |
 | Look up E. flabellare on Encyclopedia of Life |
 | Look up E. flabellare on Global Biodiversity Information Facility |
| LFS label creator ARN ref:3.73.782.5861 | |
| Last Update | 2025 Jan 01 12:50 (species record created: 2014 Sep 03 16:27) |