Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Perciformes/Percoidei

Family: Percidae

Genus: Etheostoma

Species: Etheostoma obeyense Kirsch, 1892

Climate Zone

Location

• North America: occurs only in the middle Cumberland River drainage from Big South Fork to Obey River in Kentucky and Tennessee, USA.

Biology

Inhabit rocky pools of headwaters, creeks and small rivers (Ref. 5723); also found in streams (Ref. 10294). Adults feed on midge larvae and mayfly nymphs; young consume copepods (Ref. 10294).

Habitat

benthopelagic

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Threat to Humans

Harmless