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Teleostei (teleosts) >
Perciformes/Percoidei
(Perchs) >
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
)
;
simoterum:
simoterum
meaning snub-nosed (Ref.
10294
)
.
More on author:
Cope
.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
North America: found only in Cumberland and Tennessee River drainages in Virginia, North Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama, USA.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: L
m
 
?
  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 7.7 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref.
5723
); common length : 5.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref.
12193
)
Inhabits current-swept rocky pools and adjacent riffles of creeks and small to medium rivers (Ref.
5723
,
10294
); also found in streams (Ref.
10294
). Feeds on midge larvae, with mayfly nymphs, caddis larvae, and microcrustacea (Ref.
10294
).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity
|
Reproduction
|
Spawning
|
Eggs
|
Fecundity
|
Larvae
Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea and W.B. Scott
, 1991. Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States and Canada. Am. Fish. Soc. Spec. Publ. (20):183 p. (Ref.
3814
)
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804
): PD
50
= 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00537 (0.00235 - 0.01227), b=3.14 (2.94 - 3.34), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245
).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278
): 3.3 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref.
120179
): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153
): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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