Etheostoma tuscumbia, Tuscumbia darter

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Etheostoma tuscumbia Gilbert & Swain, 1887

Tuscumbia darter
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Classification / Names Κοινά ονόματα | Συνώνυμα | Catalog of Fishes(Γένος, Είδη) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> 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);  tuscumbia: Named after the type locality, Tuscumbia Spring, Tuscumbia, Alabama (Ref. 10294).
More on authors: Gilbert & Swain.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Οικολογία

; Γλυκού νερού βενθοπελαγικό. Subtropical; 36°N - 34°N

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North America: springs along Tennessee River in Alabama, USA.

Μέγεθος / Βάρος / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 6.1 cm TL αρσενικό/απροσδιόριστο; (Ref. 5723); common length : 4.0 cm TL αρσενικό/απροσδιόριστο; (Ref. 12193)

Βιολογία     Γλωσσάρι (π.χ. epibenthic)

Occurs in large vegetated springs (Ref. 5723, 10294). Feeds on amphipods, physid snails, and midge larvae (Ref. 10294).

Life cycle and mating behavior Γεννητική Ωρίμανση | Αναπαραγωγή | Γεννοβολία | Αβγά | Γονιμότητα | Προνύμφες

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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)


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