Etheostoma starnesi (Neck & Kear, 2013) Nothonotus starnesi, the Caney Fork darter, is a 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.

[2] It is endemic to Caney Creek in Tennessee.

[1] This species is found in small rivers where there are riffles with clear water and a gravel substrate.

[3] Its specific name honours the American ichthyologist Wayne C. Starnes of the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences.

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