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| Scientific Name | Etheostoma zonale (Cope, 1868) |
| Common Name | Banded Darter |
| Type Locality | Holston River, Virginia, U.S.A. |
| Synonym(s) | Etheostoma zonale arcansanum, Nanostoma vinctipes, Poecilichthys zonalis |
| Pronunciation | ee theo stoh mah |
| Etymology | From the Greek, etheo meaning to strain and from stoma meaning mouth. |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 78mm or 3.1" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
| Habitat Information | |
| 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. |
| 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 of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. Second series. v. 6 (pt 3) (art. 5), pp 212, Pl. [24] 28 (fig. 1). |
| Registered Keepers | There is no registered keeper. |
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| Spotters | Spotted this species somewhere? Click the binoculars! There is no record of this fish being seen. |
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| LFS label creator ARN ref:3.73.782.6390 | |
| Last Update | 2025 Jan 01 12:50 (species record created: 2015 Jan 10 17:10) |