| Percidae (Perches), subfamily: Etheostomatinae |
| 7.8 cm TL (male/unsexed) |
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benthopelagic; freshwater |
| North America: Gulf drainages from Ochlockonee River in Georgia and Florida to Mississippi River in Louisiana, and north on Former Mississippi Embayment (east of Mississippi River only) to Kentucky in the USA; in Bear Creek in northwestern Alabama and northeastern Mississippi, USA. |
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| Occurs in shallow rocky riffles, current-swept vegetation in headwaters, creeks and small to medium rivers (Ref. 5723); also found in streams (Ref. 10294). Feeds on midge larvae, with isopods and immature blackflies, mayflies, hydroptilid and hydropsychid caddisflies, and dragonflies (Ref. 10294). |
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Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 23 January 2012 Ref. (130435)
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| harmless |
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