Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Duskytail darter (Etheostoma percnurum), recorded as Critically Endangered
Duskytail darter (Etheostoma percnurum). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Critically Endangered

Duskytail darter

Etheostoma percnurum

In 2008, examination of the morphology of this species led researchers to divide it into four species, describing the Citico darter (Etheostoma sitikuense), the marbled darter (Etheostoma marmorpinnum), and the tuxedo darter (Etheostoma lemniscatum) as new.

Status
Critically Endangered
Scientific name
Etheostoma percnurum
Taxonomy
Perciformes · Percidae · Etheostoma

The ray-finned fish

Duskytail darter is a ray-finned fish in the family Percidae (order Perciformes) — Etheostoma percnurum.

Range and habitat

It is endemic to the eastern United States where it is native to the upper Tennessee River drainage in Virginia.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

In crisis

Because E. Percnurum carries the endangered species status, the three new species may be given that status.

Duskytail darter is Critically Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Duskytail darter, Wikidata item Q2119450. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikipedia · Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

Same genus

Photograph of Vermilion darter (Etheostoma chermocki), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Vermilion darter

Etheostoma chermocki
Photograph of Cherokee darter (Etheostoma scotti), recorded as EndangeredEN

Cherokee darter

Etheostoma scotti
Photograph of Bluemask darter (Etheostoma akatulo), recorded as EndangeredEN

Bluemask darter

Etheostoma akatulo
Photograph of Fountain darter (Etheostoma fonticola), recorded as EndangeredEN

Fountain darter

Etheostoma fonticola

Quick answers

What is Duskytail darter?
It is endemic to the eastern United States where it is native to the upper Tennessee River drainage in Virginia.
What is the conservation status of Duskytail darter?
Critically Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Etheostoma percnurum. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Duskytail darter live?
It is endemic to the eastern United States where it is native to the upper Tennessee River drainage in Virginia.
Why is Duskytail darter in crisis?
Because E. Percnurum carries the endangered species status, the three new species may be given that status.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Etheostoma percnurum?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Duskytail darter a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.