Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Perciformes/Percoidei

Family: Percidae

Genus: Etheostoma

Species: Etheostoma maculatum Kirtland, 1840

Climate Zone

Location

• North America: Ohio River basin from western New York and Pennsylvania to northern Indiana, and south to West Virginia and Kentucky in the USA.

Biology

Occur in fast, rocky riffles of small to medium rivers (Ref. 5723). Eggs are found clustered on underside of stone and guarded by males (Ref. 7043).

Habitat

benthopelagic

Conservation Status

Vulnerable

Threat to Humans

Harmless