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Moonbow Darter

Etheostoma cumberlandicum

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Kentucky.January 5, February 6, March 7, April 14, May 15, June 7, July 6, August 5, September 7, October 6, November 26, December 5.
United States172
Kentucky88
Tennessee56
North Carolina17
Virginia11

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • AquaticLives primarily in waterFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassRay-finned Fishes · Actinopterygii
OrderPerches, Scorpionfishes, Sticklebacks, and Allies · Perciformes
FamilyPerches, Darters, and allies · Percidae
GenusTypical Darters · Etheostoma

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Moonbow Darter with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.