Least Darter
Etheostoma microperca · Percidae
About this fish
- Spawning
- April, May and June
- Largest length
- up to 4.4 cm (2 inches)
- Lifespan
- up to 2 years
- Matures at
- about 1 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.
34 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
- Paddock LakeKenosha County112 acres · 32 ft deeprecorded 1961 (1 record)Moderatestocked, recorded
- Lake IvanhoeWalworth County42 acres · 10 ft deeprecorded 1928 (1 record)Lowstocked, recorded
- Long LakeWashburn County3,290 acres · 74 ft deeprecorded 1928 (1 record)Moderatestocked, recorded
- Lake NoquebayMarinette County2,409 acres · 51 ft deeprecorded 1926 (1 record)Moderatestocked, recorded
- Ennis LakeMarquette County25 acres · 31 ft deeprecorded 1925 (1 record)Moderaterecorded
- Applebecker MillpondWaukesha County12 acres · 5 ft deeprecorded 1902 (1 record)Lowrecorded