Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Perciformes/Percoidei

Family: Percidae

Genus: Etheostoma

Species: Etheostoma lynceum Hay, 1885

Climate Zone

Location

• North America: in tributaries of the Mississippi River on the Former Mississippi Embayment in western Kentucky, western Tennessee, Mississippi and Louisiana in the USA. Also in the Gulf coast drainages from Escatawpa River in Alabama to the Mississippi River in Louisiana.

Biology

Occurs in rocky riffles of creeks and small rivers, and near debris in sand and gravel runs (Ref. 5723); also found in streams (Ref. 10294). Feeds on midge and blackfly larvae and mayfly nymphs (Ref. 10294).

Habitat

benthopelagic

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Threat to Humans

Harmless