Rainbow Darter
Etheostoma caeruleum Storer, 1845
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Class | Teleostei |
| Order | Perciformes |
| Family | Percidae |
| Genus | Etheostoma |
| Species | Etheostoma caeruleum Storer, 1845 |
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Accidental
Distribution
Range
Known from two counties across two states.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Alabama, Kentucky
Counties
- Alabama
- Madison
- Kentucky
- Breckinridge
Conservation and management
IUCN Red List
LC Least Concern
Assessed in 2013.
NatureServe
G5 Secure
National ranks
- United States
- N5 Secure
- Canada
- N4 Apparently Secure
Subnational ranks
- Kentucky
- S4 Apparently Secure
- West Virginia
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Virginia
- S2 Imperiled
- Arkansas
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Alabama
- S5 Secure
- Wisconsin
- S5 Secure
- Mississippi
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Missouri
- SNR Unranked
- Illinois
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Pennsylvania
- S5 Secure
- Louisiana
- S2 Imperiled
- Indiana
- S5 Secure
- Iowa
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Minnesota
- SNR Unranked
- Maryland
- SNA Not Applicable
- Ohio
- S5 Secure
- Tennessee
- S5 Secure
- Michigan
- S4 Apparently Secure
- New York
- S3 Vulnerable
- Georgia
- S3 Vulnerable
- Ontario
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Quebec
- SNR Unranked
State and federal status
Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act
References
- Pearson, W.D. & Boston, C.H., Jr. 1995. Distribution and status of the northern cavefish, Amblyopsis spelaea. Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Division of Fish and Wildlife, Nongame and Endangered Wildlife Program,, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. 99 pp.
- Rheams, K.F., Moser, P.H. & McGregor, S.W. 1992. Geologic, hydrologic, and biologic investigations in Arrowwood, Bobcat, Matthews, and Shelta caves and selected caves, Madison, County, Alabama. Geological Survey of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA. 262 pp.
- Rheams, K.F., Moser, P.H. & McGregor, S.W. 1994. Hydrogeologic and biologic factors related to the occurrence of the Alabama cave shrimp (Palaemonias alabamae), Madison County, Alabama. Geological Survey of Alabama Bulletin 161: 1–147.
How to cite this account
Etheostoma caeruleum Storer, 1845. Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2438. https://cavebiology.org/species/etheostoma-caeruleum/ (accessed 7 September 2026).
Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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