Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Perciformes/Percoidei

Family: Percidae

Genus: Etheostoma

Species: Etheostoma coosae (Fowler, 1945)

Climate Zone

Location

• North America: known only from the Coosa River system in Georgia, Alabama and southeastern Tennessee, USA.

Biology

Inhabits rocky pools and adjacent riffles of creeks and small to medium rivers (Ref. 5723); also found in streams (Ref. 5723). Feeds on midge and blackfly larvae, supplemented with cladocera, copepods, mayfly nymphs, and caddisfly larvae (Ref. 10294).

Habitat

benthopelagic

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Threat to Humans

Harmless