Speckled darter (Etheostoma stigmaeum)

Scientific name: Etheostoma stigmaeum Jordan, 1877

Speckled darter (Etheostoma stigmaeum)

The Speckled darter (Etheostoma stigmaeum) is a freshwater fish of the family Percidae.

Biology

Inhabit clear sandy and rocky pools of creeks and small to medium, usually fast, rivers. Eggs are found buried in the substrate.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Etheostoma stigmaeum
Family
Percidae (Perches)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
6.1
Common length
4.0
Environment
Freshwater; benthopelagic
Climate
Temperate
Distribution
North America: in Mississippi River basin from western Virginia to southeastern Kansas, and south to Louisiana in the USA; Gulf Slope drainages from Mobile Bay and Pensacola Bay in Georgia, Alabama and Florida to Sabine River in Louisiana in the USA; and in Clinch and Powell rivers in Virginia and Tennessee, 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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