Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Perciformes/Percoidei

Family: Percidae

Genus: Etheostoma

Species: Etheostoma kanawhae (Raney, 1941)

Climate Zone

Location

• North America: occurs only in New River drainage in Virginia and North Carolina, USA.

Biology

Inhabits fast gravel and rubble riffles of small to medium rivers.

Habitat

benthopelagic

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Threat to Humans

Harmless