Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Perciformes/Percoidei

Family: Percidae

Genus: Etheostoma

Species: Etheostoma cinereum Storer, 1845

Climate Zone

Location

• North America: found only in Cumberland and Tennessee River drainages in Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama, USA.

Biology

Occurs in rocky pools with current in small to medium rivers, usually near vegetation (Ref. 5723, 10294). Feeds on midge larvae (Ref. 10294).

Habitat

benthopelagic

Conservation Status

Vulnerable

Threat to Humans

Harmless