The bluegrass darter (Etheostoma jimmycarter) is a fish found in the Green River drainage in Kentucky and Tennessee.[1]

Bluegrass darter
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Percidae
Genus: Etheostoma
Species:
E. jimmycarter
Binomial name
Etheostoma jimmycarter
Layman & Mayden, 2012

It was named after the 39th president of the United States Jimmy Carter for his environmental leadership and accomplishments in the areas of national energy policy and wilderness protection, and his lifelong commitment to social justice and basic human rights. [2]

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  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Etheostoma jimmycarter". FishBase. December 2019 version.
  2. ^ Bernie Kuhajda (5 November 2012). "New Fishes Named after U.S. Leaders, Three in Tennessee". TNACI Field Notes. Tennessee Aquarium Conservation Institute. Retrieved 29 September 2020.