Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Perciformes/Percoidei

Family: Percidae

Genus: Etheostoma

Species: Etheostoma chlorobranchium Zorach, 1972

Climate Zone

Location

• North America: occurs only in the upper Tennessee River drainage from Watauga River to Hiwassee River systems in North Carolina, Tennessee and Georgia, USA.

Biology

Inhabits very fast, rocky riffles of creeks and small to medium rivers (Ref. 5723, 10294).

Habitat

benthopelagic

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Threat to Humans

Harmless