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Scientific Name Etheostoma zonale  (Cope, 1868)
Common Name Banded Darter
Type Locality Holston River, Virginia, U.S.A.
Pronunciation ee theo stoh mah
Etymology From the Greek, etheo meaning to strain and from stoma meaning mouth. 
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Size 78mm or 3.1" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
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Distribution North America: in Lake Michigan and Mississippi River basins from southwestern New York to Minnesota and south to northern Georgia, northern Alabama and southern Arkansas; in Wabash River drainage of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois; and in streams of southern Illinois, southern Iowa and northern Missouri, USA.
IUCN Red List Category Least Concern, range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2012.
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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.
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Reference Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. Second series. v. 6 (pt 3) (art. 5), pp 212, Pl. [24] 28 (fig. 1).
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Last Update 2017 Aug 16 11:57 (species record created: 2015 Jan 10 17:10)