Carolina fantail darter
The Carolina fantail darter is a small 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 endemic to the eastern United States, where it occurs in the Santee and Savannah River drainages and Yadkin River system of the Pee Dee River drainage in North Carolina, northern South Carolina and southern Virginia. This species can reach a length of.