Redline darter (Etheostoma rufilineatum)

Scientific name: Etheostoma rufilineatum Cope, 1870

Redline darter (Etheostoma rufilineatum)

The Redline darter (Etheostoma rufilineatum) is a freshwater fish of the family Percidae.

Biology

Inhabit clear, fast rocky riffles of creeks and small to medium rivers; also found in streams. Adults feed on midge and blackfly larvae, with baetid and heptageniid mayfly nymphs, hydropsychid and hydroptilid caddis larvae, and water mites. Eggs are found buried in the substrate.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Etheostoma rufilineatum
Family
Percidae (Perches)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
8.4
Common length
7.0
Environment
Freshwater; benthopelagic
Climate
Temperate
Distribution
North America: known only from Cumberland (below Big South Fork) and Tennessee River drainages in Virginia, Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi in the 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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