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title: "Greenside Darter"
description: "Etheostoma blennioides — Fish. The greenside darter (Etheostoma blennioides) 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."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/greenside-darter
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Greenside Darter

> Etheostoma blennioides — Fish. The greenside darter (Etheostoma blennioides) 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.

- Scientific name: *Etheostoma blennioides*
- Category: `fish` (Fish)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Lakes & rivers)
- iNaturalist observations: 3343
- Wikidata: [Q3753866](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3753866)
- iNaturalist taxon: [100447](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/100447)

## Names

- en: Greenside Darter
- de: Grüner Springbarsch
- fr: Dard vert

## Countries with the most observations

US (2932), CA (318)

## Summary

The greenside darter (Etheostoma blennioides) 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 inhabits swift riffles in the eastern United States and southern Ontario.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenside_darter

## Photo

![Greenside Darter](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/greenside-darter/medium.jpg)

Photo: Cody Vue · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/331818533

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/greenside-darter?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).