Wounded darter (Etheostoma vulneratum)

Scientific name: Etheostoma vulneratum Cope, 1870

Wounded darter (Etheostoma vulneratum)

The Wounded darter (Etheostoma vulneratum) is a freshwater fish of the family Percidae.

Biology

Inhabits fast rocky riffles of small to medium rivers. Adult feeds on midge larvae.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Etheostoma vulneratum
Family
Percidae (Perches)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
8.0
Environment
Freshwater; benthopelagic
Climate
Temperate
Distribution
North America: known only from the upper Tennessee River drainages in Virginia, North Carolina and eastern Tennessee, USA. Previously treated as a subspecies of Etheostoma maculatum and of Etheostoma sanguifluum in the subgenus Nothonotus.
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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