| Family: |
Percidae (Perches), subfamily: Etheostomatinae |
| Max. size: |
8.4 cm TL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
benthopelagic; freshwater |
| Distribution: |
North America: known only from Cumberland (below Big South Fork) and Tennessee River drainages in Virginia, Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi in the USA. |
| Diagnosis: |
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| Biology: |
Inhabit clear, fast rocky riffles of creeks and small to medium rivers (Ref. 5723); also found in streams (Ref. 10294). Adults feed on midge and blackfly larvae, with baetid and heptageniid mayfly nymphs, hydropsychid and hydroptilid caddis larvae, and water mites (Ref. 10294). Eggs are found buried in the substrate (Ref. 7043). |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 19 January 2012 Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
| Country info: |
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