| Watercress darter | |
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| Photo courtesy of the Geological Survey of Alabama | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Percidae |
| Genus: | Etheostoma |
| Species: | E. nuchale
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| Binomial name | |
| Etheostoma nuchale W. M. Howell & R. D. Caldwell, 1965
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The watercress darter (Etheostoma nuchale) 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. It is endemic to the eastern United States where it is only known from the Black Warrior River drainage basin near Birmingham, Alabama.
- ^ NatureServe (2013). "Etheostoma nuchale". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T8122A13387295. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T8122A13387295.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.