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Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Percoidei (Perchs) > Percidae (Perches) > Etheostomatinae
Etymology: Percina: Latin, diminutive of perch = perch (Ref. 45335); squamata: squamata meaning scaly (Ref. 10294).
More on authors: Gilbert & Swain.

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Freshwater; benthopelagic. Temperate; 36°N - 34°N

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North America: middle Cumberland River drainage (Big South Fork and Rockcastle River) in Kentucky and Tennessee, and in the upper Tennessee River drainage in North Carolina, Tennessee and Georgia in the USA.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 13.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 5723); common length : 8.9 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 12193)

Inhabits moderately deep boulder riffles and runs of small to medium rivers (Ref. 5723, 10294). Feeds on hydropsychid caddis larvae and heptageniid mayfly nymphs (Ref. 10294).

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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)

Near Threatened (NT) ; Date assessed: 02 August 2012

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Percina squamata (Gilbert & Swain, 1887)