River Darter
Percina shumardi · Percidae
About this fish
- Spawning
- April, May and June
- Largest length
- up to 7.8 cm (3 inches)
- Lifespan
- up to 2.5 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.
39 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
- Lake Saint CroixPierce County4,668 acres · 60 ft deeprecorded 1928 to 2023 (7 records)recorded
- Lower LakeWisconsin25 acresrecorded 2004 (1 record)recorded
- Lake OnalaskaLacrosse County7,688 acres · 40 ft deeprecorded 1998 (1 record)Lowrecorded
- Lake PepinPepin County25,494 acresrecorded 1907 to 1966 (3 records)recorded
- Lake WinnebagoFond du Lac County137,708 acres · 21 ft deeprecorded 1963 to 1966 (2 records)Lowstocked, recorded
- Lake PoyganWaushara County14,102 acres · 11 ft deeprecorded (5 records)Lowstocked, recorded