Nothonotus

Nothonotus is a genus or subgenus 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 endemic to the southeastern United States. First proposed as a sub-genus of Etheostoma in 1988, there is still debate regarding the appropriate taxonomic rank of Nothonotus in the literature. Darter species comprise more than 180 of the Percidae taxa.

==Nothonotus species== Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes, as well as Thomas Near and colleagues, include the following species: Nothonotus acuticeps (R. M. Bailey, 1959) (sharphead darter) Nothonotus aquali (J. D. Williams & D. A. Etnier, 1978) (coppercheek darter) Nothonotus bellus (Zorach, 1968) (orangefin darter) Nothonotus camurus (Cope, 1870) (bluebreast darter) Nothonotus chlorobranchius (Zorach, 1972) (greenfin darter) Nothonotus chuckwachatte (Mayden & R. M. Wood, 1993) (lipstick darter) Nothonotus denoncourti (Stauffer & van Snik, 1997) (golden darter) Nothonotus douglasi (R. M. Wood & Mayden, 1993) (Tuskaloosa darter) Nothonotus etowahae (R. M. Wood & Mayden, 1993) (Etowah darter) Nothonotus jordani (Gilbert, 1891) (greenbreast darter) Nothonotus juliae (Meek, 1891) (yoke darter) Nothonotus maculatus (Kirtland, 1840) (spotted darter) Nothonotus microlepidus (Raney & Zorach, 1967) (smallscale darter) Nothonotus moorei (Raney & Suttkus, 1964) (yellowcheek darter) Nothonotus ruber (Raney & Suttkus, 1966) (bayou darter) Nothonotus rufilineatus (Cope, 1870) (redline darter) Nothonotus sanguifluus (Cope, 1870) (bloodfin darter) Nothonotus starnesi Keck & Near, 2013 (Caney fork darter) Nothonotus tippecanoe (D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1890) (Tippecanoe darter) Nothonotus vulneratus (Cope, 1870) (wounded darter) Nothonotus wapiti (D. A. Etnier & J. D. Williams, 1989) (boulder darter) thumb|right|Boulder darter|E. wapiti FishBase only lists four species, the remainder being described and listed under Etheostoma.