Description

Dorsal spines (total): 6 - 8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10 - 13; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 5 - 8; Vertebrae: 32 - 33.

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Perciformes/Percoidei

Family: Percidae

Genus: Etheostoma

Species: Etheostoma fonticola (Jordan & Gilbert, 1886)

Climate Zone

Biology

Occur in vegetated springs, pools and runs of effluent rivers (Ref. 5723). Feed primarily on cladocerans, copepods, amphipods, and aquatic insects (Ref. 54633). Spawn throughout the year (Ref. 75081) at 33-day interval (Ref. 31966). Eggs are found attached to the substrate unguarded (Ref. 7043).

Habitat

benthopelagic

Conservation Status

Endangered

Threat to Humans

Harmless