Banded Darter
Etheostoma zonale · Percidae
About this fish
- Spawning
- April and May
- Largest length
- up to 7.8 cm (3 inches)
- Lifespan
- up to 4.5 years
- Matures at
- about 1.5 years old
Values come from a national database of the United States, not Wisconsin surveys: maximum length is the species' largest recorded anywhere, and spawning months are range-wide (Wisconsin timing, in a colder climate, can be later).
USGS FishTraits 14.3 (CC0). Credit: Frimpong and Angermeier, U.S. Geological Survey.
64 open records of this fish in Wisconsin were used here.
Lakes where it has been recorded
From open fish survey and museum records. A record shows the fish was found near the lake in that year, not that it is there now.
Showing 6 of 6 lakes
- Owen PondClark County18 acres · 8 ft deeprecorded 2003 (3 records)Lowstocked, recorded
- Mukwonago RiverWisconsin26 acresrecorded 1984 (1 record)stocked, recorded
- Wisconsin River Flowage Number 1 51Portage County57 acres · 6 ft deeprecorded 1966 (1 record)recorded
- Marinuka LakeTrempealeau County98 acres · 9 ft deeprecorded 1927 (1 record)Lowstocked, recorded
- Lake NoquebayMarinette County2,409 acres · 51 ft deeprecorded 1926 (1 record)Moderatestocked, recorded
- Baird LakeFlorence County2.0 acres · 13 ft deeprecorded (1 record)recorded