▁ 0 1 ▁Special ▁United ▁States ▁House ▁of ▁Representatives ▁ 1 7 9 7 ▁ 0 1 <0x0A> </s> ▁The ▁fre ck le bel ly ▁d arter ▁( Per c ina ▁st ict og aster ) ▁primarily ▁occurs ▁in ▁the ▁upper ▁Kentucky ▁and ▁Green ▁river ▁systems ▁of ▁eastern ▁and ▁central ▁Kentucky ▁and ▁north - central ▁Tennessee , ▁being ▁found ▁mostly ▁in ▁the ▁C umber land ▁Pl ate au ▁and ▁High land ▁R im ▁regions . ▁The ▁fish ▁gets ▁its ▁name ▁from ▁gets ▁its ▁name ▁from ▁the ▁scattered ▁dark ▁sp ots ▁on ▁its ▁relatively ▁pale ▁unders ide . ▁However , ▁a ▁possible ▁more ▁telling ▁characteristic ▁of ▁the ▁species ▁is ▁the ▁system at ical ▁arrangement ▁of ▁the ▁sp ots ▁at ▁the ▁base ▁of ▁the ▁tail ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁the ▁continuous ▁stri pes ▁down ▁either ▁side ▁of ▁the ▁back . ▁Total ▁population ▁size ▁is ▁unknown ▁but ▁figured ▁to ▁be ▁relatively ▁large . ▁ ▁The ▁fre ck le bel ly ▁d arter ▁is ▁a ▁b enth ic ▁d arter ▁that ▁re lies ▁on ▁in verte br ates ▁as ▁its ▁principal ▁di et . ▁The ▁fre ck le bel ly ▁d arter ▁can ▁be ▁found ▁primarily ▁in ▁cre eks ▁and ▁small ▁rivers ▁with ▁a ▁moder ate ▁gradient ▁and ▁a ▁pool / r iff le ▁type ▁flow , ▁and ▁sp ends ▁most ▁of ▁its ▁time ▁in ▁mid water ▁areas ▁of ▁the ▁stream . ▁The ▁major ▁thre ats ▁of ▁the ▁fre ck le bel ly ▁d arter ▁include ▁dec imation ▁through ▁perturb ations ▁such ▁as ▁strip ▁min ing ▁as ▁well