Range and Identity
Etheostoma tecumsehi is known from upland tributaries of the upper Pond River. The recorded area includes Christian, Todd and extreme southeastern Hopkins counties. These county references help locate the range, but the actual tributary and drainage are more informative than county boundaries alone.
Habitat and Behavior
The checked account identifies river habitat but provides little detailed ecology. It does not establish a particular feeding list or seasonal migration route. Those behaviors are not borrowed from other members of the broader darter complex merely because they are related.
Food and Life History
The larger sex-specific upper reference is 5.4 centimeters standard length for males, with a smaller female value also reported. The measurement is linked to the original systematic study. Detailed pore and canal characters contribute to identification, making a color-only determination less secure.
Field Note
Keep a precise locality and clear whole-fish photographs. For a narrowly distributed species within a complex, identification depends on more than a familiar breeding color pattern.
All Lakes With Shawnee Darter
Browse lakes and reservoirs with documented Shawnee Darter records, listed alphabetically. Records do not establish current abundance or public access. Check the evidence and managing authority for the water you choose.
No published lakes are currently linked to this species in our confirmed records.