Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Perciformes/Percoidei

Family: Percidae

Genus: Etheostoma

Species: Etheostoma camurum (Cope, 1870)

Climate Zone

Location

• North America: Ohio River basin from western New York to eastern Illinois, and south to Tennessee River in North Carolina and Tennessee in the USA.

Biology

Inhabit fast, rocky riffles of small to medium rivers (Ref. 5723, 10294). Eggs are found buried in the substrate (Ref. 7043).

Habitat

benthopelagic

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Threat to Humans

Harmless