The common name of Etheostoma neopterum is the lollipop darter. It is one of the 324 fish species found in Tennessee

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The range of the lollipop darter is restricted to the shoal creek system in northwest Alabama and south central Tennessee. They are found in the same area as the fringed darter. There is not much history of these fish and as of 1992 this has been their area. The small area might have to do with cross breeding that had happened that created these species.