TN00135 BANDED DARTER ETHEOSTOMA ZONALE
| Species ID | TN00135 |
| Name | DARTER, BANDED |
| Other Common Names | |
| Category | 01 Fish |
| Elcode | |
| Phylum | CHORDATA |
| Subphylum | |
| Class | OSTEICHTHYES |
| Subclass | |
| Suborder | |
| Order | PERCIFORMES |
| Family | PERCIDAE |
| Genus | ETHEOSTOMA |
| Species | ZONALE |
| Subspecies | |
| Authority | COPE 1868 |
| Scientific Name | ETHEOSTOMA ZONALE |
Comments
LECTOTYPE DESIGNATED BY TSAI; THERE ARE 2 SUBSPECIES AND NUMEROUS RACES; CLOSEST RELATIVE BASED PRINCIPALLY ON TUBERCULATION ARE E. HISTRIO AND E. RUPESTRE *816*; PREVIOUSLY REFERRED TO AS POEICILICHTHYS ZONALIS *2134*; THE TWO SUBSPECIES ARE: E. Z. ZONALE AND E. Z. LYNCEUM; E. Z. ZONALE OCCURS ABOVE THE FALL LINE IN THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER SYSTEM, WESTERN TRIBUTARIES OF LAKE MICHIGAN, AND IN THE UPPER SAVANNAH RIVER IN SOUTH CAROLINA; E. Z. LYNCEUM OCCURS BELOW THE FALL LINE IN THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER SYSTEM AND IN THE GULF COAST DRAINAGES IN MISSISSIPPI, LOUISIANA, AND SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA *2208*; HYBRIDIZES WITH RAINBOW DARTER (E. CAERULEUM) *TN5056*.