Gulf darter (Etheostoma swaini)

Scientific name: Etheostoma swaini Jordan, 1884

Gulf darter (Etheostoma swaini)

The Gulf darter (Etheostoma swaini) is a freshwater fish of the family Percidae.

Biology

Occurs in shallow rocky riffles, current-swept vegetation in headwaters, creeks and small to medium rivers; also found in streams. Feeds on midge larvae, with isopods and immature blackflies, mayflies, hydroptilid and hydropsychid caddisflies, and dragonflies.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Etheostoma swaini
Family
Percidae (Perches)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
7.8
Common length
5.3
Environment
Freshwater; benthopelagic
Climate
Subtropical
Distribution
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.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Sources

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

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