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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).
Eponymy: Dr Ernest Albert Lachner (1916–1996) was an American ichthyologist and biologist who was Curator of Fishes, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History (1949–1983) retiring as Curator Emeritus. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Temperate
North America: Alabama, U.S.A.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 3.5 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 137577)
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Powers, S.L. and R.L. Mayden, 2003. Etheostoma cervus: A new species from the Forked Deer River system in western Tennessee with comparison to Etheostoma pyrrhogaster (Percidae: Subgenus Ulocentra). Copeia 2003(3):576-582. (Ref. 52025)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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