Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Écologie
; eau douce démersal. Subtropical; 45°N - 27°N
North America: Lake Michigan and Mississippi River basins from Wisconsin and Minnesota south to the Gulf in the USA; east to Indiana and Tennessee and west to Iowa and Oklahoma in the USA. Lower Mobile Bay drainage in Alabama and from Pearl River drainage in Louisiana to Galveston Bay drainage in Texas, USA.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 46.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 5723); common length : 23.9 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 12193); poids max. publié: 11.0 kg (Ref. 4699); âge max. reporté: 7 années (Ref. 72462)
Occur in pools and backwaters of small to large rivers; also in ponds and lakes (Ref. 5723, 10294). Young feed on microcrustaceans and midge larvae; adults on fish such as shad and silversides (Ref. 10294).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larves
Assuming same mode of reproduction as in M. saxatilis.
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)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
Utilisations par l'homme
Pêche sportive: oui
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5781 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01202 (0.00654 - 0.02211), b=3.06 (2.89 - 3.23), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref.
93245).
Niveau trophique (Ref.
69278): 4.1 ±0.7 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Résilience (Ref.
120179): Milieu, temps minimum de doublement de population : 1,4 à 4,4 années (tmax=6).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Moderate vulnerability (36 of 100).