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Carolina Fantail Darter

Etheostoma brevispinum

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 North Carolina.January 46, February 56, March 52, April 83, May 83, June 50, July 40, August 38, September 49, October 48, November 37, December 43.
United States958
North Carolina624
Tennessee227
South Carolina63
Georgia32
Virginia12

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