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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).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Temperate
North America: Cumberland River drainage in USA.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 5.7 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 52023)
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Page, L.M., M. Harman and T.J. Near, 2003. Phylogenetic relationships of barcheek darters (Percidae: Etheostoma, subgenus Catonotus) with descriptions of two new species. Copeia 2003(3):512-530. (Ref. 52023)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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