Nothonotus microlepidus, the smallscale darter, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish, a darter from the subfamily Etheostomatinae, part of the family Percidae, which also contains the perches, ruffes and pikeperches. It is endemic to the southeastern United States. It occurs in the lower Cumberland River drainage in the states of Kentucky and Tennessee. It inhabits shallow riffles with gravel substrates in small rivers. Breeding habits of the smallscale darter are typical of the N. maculatus group in that females deposit large masses of eggs on the undersides of rocks to be protected by the males.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Smallscale Darter being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Nothonotus aquali
- Nothonotus maculatus
- Nothonotus sanguifluus
- Nothonotus starnesi
- Nothonotus vulneratus
- Nothonotus rufilineatus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Perciformes
- Family
- Percidae
- Genus
- Nothonotus
- Species
- Nothonotus microlepidus
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