Rainbow darter

Rainbow darter

Taxobox | name = Rainbow darter



image_width = 200px
image_caption = An adult male
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Perciformes
familia = Percidae
genus = "Etheostoma"
species = "E. caeruleum"
binomial = "Etheostoma caeruleum"
binomial_authority = Storer, 1845
The rainbow darter ("Etheostoma caeruleum") is a native North American fish that can be found in small fast moving streams and small to medium-sized rivers. It grows to convert|2|in|mm|0 to convert|3|in|mm|0 in length.

The "Etheostoma caeruleum" is very sensitive to pollution and silt, staying in clean pollution free water

Rainbow darters are easily identified by three dark spots on the back; also they have blue and orange in their dorsal and anal fins.

Life

The "Etheostoma caeruleum" spawns in clean rocky riffles March through June. "Etheostoma caeruleum"s live to be about 4 years of age.

References

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title =National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Fishes, Whales & Dolphins
publisher = Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
date = October 1998
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isbn = 0-394-53405-0

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