芥镖鲈为辐鳍鱼纲鲈形目鲈亚目河鲈科的其中一种，被IUCN列为濒危保育类动物，分布于美国阿拉巴马州的Halls及Village溪流域，体长可达5.4公分。

• Froese, Rainer & Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). Etheostoma nuchale in FishBase. 2012年6月版本

The watercress darter (Etheostoma nuchale) is a small, colorful species of darter endemic to the eastern United States where it is only known from the Black Warrior River drainage basin near Birmingham, Alabama.