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Fantail Darter

Etheostoma flabellare

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28 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 126, February 129, March 205, April 401, May 770, June 361, July 272, August 246, September 258, October 212, November 132, December 118.
United States22,857
Canada3,312
Ontario3,230
Virginia2,970
Ohio2,205
New York1,937
North Carolina1,462
Missouri1,428
Maryland998
Pennsylvania866

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

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