Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Perciformes/Percoidei

Family: Percidae

Genus: Etheostoma

Species: Etheostoma acuticeps Bailey, 1959

Climate Zone

Location

• North America: found only in Holston and Nolichucky River systems (Tennessee River drainage) in western Virginia, western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee, USA.

Biology

Occurs in fast, deep rocky riffles in small to medium rivers (Ref. 5723, 10294).

Habitat

benthopelagic

Conservation Status

Vulnerable

Threat to Humans

Harmless