Sharphead darter

The Sharphead darter lives in the benthopelagic, freshwater environment.

The sharphead darter (Etheostoma acuticeps) is a species of fish in the Percidae family. It is endemic to the United States. Source - * Gimenez Dixon, M. 1996. Etheostoma acuticeps. More

the sharphead darter Etheostoma acuticeps in North Carolina. Brimleyana 3.:137-140. 791* Etnier, D.A. 1978. Sharphead darter, Etheostoma acuticeps Bailey. Atlas of North American Freshwater Fishes. North Carolina Biol. Surv., N. C. State Mus. Nat. Hist., Raleigh:622. More

when the sharphead darter Etheostoma acuticeps was discovered there, for fear the introduction would jeopardize this rare species (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 1982a; Etnier and Starnes 1993). More

Sharphead darter; Sharphead eartheater; Fantail darter; Fountain darter; Swamp darter; Slough darter; Christmas darter; Turquoise darter; Choctawhatchee darter; Brown darter; Coppercheek darter; Boulder darter; Redfin darter; Banded darter; Striated darter; Gulf darter; Variegate darter; Iowa darter; Spotted darter; Yoke darter; Okaloosa darter; More

the sharphead darter, ETHEOSTOMA ACUTICEPS (Percidae), in North Carolina. ASB Bull. 41(3):153-159. * Wood, R. M. 1996. Phylogenetic systematics of the darter subgenus NOTHONOTUS (Teleostei: Percidae). Copeia 1996:300-318. More

The sharphead darter is one such species – a tiny fish that has been clinging tenuously to existence since the first half of the 20th century. More

Common names

Etheostoma acuticeps in Catalan (Català)
sharphead darter in English
Skarphovedet smutte in Danish (dansk)
尖头镖鲈 in Mandarin Chinese
尖头镖鲈 in Unknown
尖頭鏢鱸 in Mandarin Chinese
尖頭鏢鱸 in Unknown

Order : Perciformes
Family : Percidae
Genus : Etheostoma
Species : Etheostoma acuticeps
Authority : Bailey, 1959