Etheostoma vulneratum (Cope, 1870)
Wounded darter
photo by Crippen, C.

Family:  Percidae (Perches), subfamily: Etheostomatinae
Max. size:  8 cm TL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  benthopelagic; freshwater
Distribution:  North America: known only from the upper Tennessee River drainages in Virginia, North Carolina and eastern Tennessee, USA. Previously treated as a subspecies of Etheostoma maculatum and of Etheostoma sanguifluum in the subgenus Nothonotus (Ref. 3814).
Diagnosis:   
Biology:  Inhabits fast rocky riffles of small to medium rivers (Ref. 5723, 10294). Adult feeds on midge larvae (Ref. 10294).
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 25 January 2012 Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless
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