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Shenandoah River Species

Percidae

Greenside darter Etheostoma blennioides

Etheostoma = "various mouth", blennioides = "blenny-like"

North Fork & Mainstem Shenandoah River

 

Fantail darter Etheostoma flabellare

Etheostoma = "various mouth", flabellare = "fanlike"

North Fork, South Fork & Mainstem Shenandoah Rivers

 

Tessellated darter Etheostoma olmstedi

Etheostoma = "various mouth", olmstedi = "for its discoverer, Charles Olmstead"

North Fork, South Fork & Mainstem Shenandoah Rivers

 

Photos courtesy of

Jenkins & Burkhead 1993