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title: "Northern Tessellated Darter"
description: "Etheostoma olmstedi — Ryby. The tessellated darter (Etheostoma olmstedi) 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/pl/animal/northern-tessellated-darter
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Northern Tessellated Darter

> Etheostoma olmstedi — Ryby. The tessellated darter (Etheostoma olmstedi) 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 olmstedi*
- Category: `fish` (Ryby)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Jeziora i rzeki)
- iNaturalist observations: 2505
- Wikidata: [Q606436](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q606436)
- iNaturalist taxon: [100515](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/100515)

## Names

- en: Northern Tessellated Darter
- de: Mosaik-Springbarsch
- fr: Raseux-de-terre gris

## Countries with the most observations

US (2352), CA (67)

## Summary

The tessellated darter (Etheostoma olmstedi) 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 is native to Canada and the United States. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the johnny darter, which it greatly resembles in general appearance.

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

## Photo

![Northern Tessellated Darter](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/northern-tessellated-darter/medium.jpg)

Photo: nmacelko2 · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/347261908

## Machine access

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