Cypress darter (Etheostoma proeliare)

Scientific name: Etheostoma proeliare Hay, 1881

Cypress darter (Etheostoma proeliare)

The Cypress darter (Etheostoma proeliare) is a freshwater fish of the family Percidae.

Biology

Adults occur in standing or slow-flowing water, usually in vegetation over mud; found in streams, swamps and oxbow lakes. Feed on midge larvae and microcrustaceans, with isopods, amphipods, and mayfly nymphs important seasonally. Eggs are found attached to the substrate unguarded.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Etheostoma proeliare
Family
Percidae (Perches)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
4.8
Common length
3.4
Environment
Freshwater; benthopelagic
Climate
Subtropical
Distribution
North America: ranges from Choctawhatchee River in Florida to San Jacinto River in Texas, and north in the Mississippi River basin to southern Illinois and eastern Oklahoma in the USA.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (tmax=2; Fec=26-116)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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