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Northern Tessellated Darter

Etheostoma olmstedi

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in New York.January 228, February 226, March 305, April 533, May 916, June 448, July 337, August 307, September 358, October 330, November 225, December 209.
United States16,092
New York4,422
Canada2,725
Ontario2,374
Virginia2,314
New Jersey1,541
Pennsylvania1,513
North Carolina952
Maryland680
Massachusetts657

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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