| Percidae (Perches), subfamily: Etheostomatinae |
| 4.8 cm TL (male/unsexed); max. reported age: 2 years |
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benthopelagic; freshwater |
| North America: ranges from Choctawhatchee River in Florida to San Jacinto River in Texas, and north in the Mississippi River basin to southern Illinois and eastern Oklahoma in the USA. |
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| Adults occur in standing or slow-flowing water, usually in vegetation over mud (Ref. 5723); found in streams, swamps and oxbow lakes (Ref. 10294). Feed on midge larvae and microcrustaceans, with isopods, amphipods, and mayfly nymphs important seasonally (Ref. 10294). Eggs are found attached to the substrate unguarded (Ref. 7043). |
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Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 30 December 2011 Ref. (130435)
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| harmless |
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