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Brighteye Darter

Etheostoma lynceum

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 Mississippi.January 47, February 49, March 48, April 88, May 52, June 34, July 28, August 29, September 38, October 44, November 32, December 37.
United States1,120
Mississippi525
Louisiana342
Tennessee184
Kentucky38
Alabama15
Arkansas14
Missouri1
Illinois1

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