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Enneacanthus chaetodon (Baird, 1855)

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Centrarchiformes

Family: Centrarchidae

Genus: Enneacanthus

Species: Enneacanthus chaetodon (Baird, 1855)

Climate Zone

  • Temperate

    • Location

  • North America: Atlantic and Gulf Slope drainages from New Jersey to central Florida, west to Flint River in Georgia in the USA.

    • Biology

    Inhabits vegetated lakes, ponds, quiet sand and mud-bottomed pools and backwaters of creeks and small to medium rivers.

    Habitat

    demersal

    Conservation Status

    Near Threatened

    Threat to Humans

    Harmless