Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Perciformes/Percoidei

Family: Percidae

Genus: Etheostoma

Species: Etheostoma variatum Kirtland, 1840

Climate Zone

Location

• North America: Ohio River basin from southwestern New York to Virginia, eastern Kentucky and southern Indiana in the USA. Only found below Kanawha Falls in Kanawha River system of West Virginia, USA.

Biology

Inhabit swift gravel and rubble riffles of small to medium rivers (Ref. 5723). Eggs are found buried in the substrate (Ref. 7043).

Habitat

benthopelagic

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Threat to Humans

Harmless