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Percidae (Perches) > Etheostomatinae
Etymology: Etheostoma: Greek, etheo = to strain + Greek, stoma = mouth; Rafinesque said "various mouths", but Jordan and Evermann suggest the name might have been intended as "Heterostoma (Ref. 45335); acuticeps: From the words acute, meaning sharp; and ceps, head (Ref. 10294).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
; acqua dolce benthopelagico. Temperate; 37°N - 36°N
North America: found only in Holston and Nolichucky River systems (Tennessee River drainage) in western Virginia, western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee, USA.
Size / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 8.4 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 5723); common length : 5.5 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 12193); Età massima riportata: 3.00 anni (Ref. 10294)
Occurs in fast, deep rocky riffles in small to medium rivers (Ref. 5723, 10294).
Eggs are left buried in small gravel and pebbles (Ref. 6466).
Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 1991. A field guide to freshwater fishes of North America north of Mexico. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston. 432 p. (Ref. 5723)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00676 (0.00301 - 0.01516), b=3.12 (2.94 - 3.30), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.3 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilienza (Ref.
120179): Alto, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione meno di 15 mesi (tmax=3; Fec=100).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
