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Etheostoma vulneratum (Cope, 1870)

Common Names

  • S\u00e5ret smutte
  • Wounded darter
  • \u4f24\u9556\u9c88
  • \u50b7\u93e2\u9c78

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Perciformes/Percoidei

    Family: Percidae

    Genus: Etheostoma

    Species: Etheostoma vulneratum (Cope, 1870)

    Climate Zone

  • Temperate

    • Location

    • North America: known only from the upper Tennessee River drainages in Virginia, North Carolina and eastern Tennessee, USA. Previously treated as a subspecies of Etheostoma maculatum and of Etheostoma sanguifluum in the subgenus Nothonotus (Ref. 3814).

    Biology

    Inhabits fast rocky riffles of small to medium rivers (Ref. 5723, 10294). Adult feeds on midge larvae (Ref. 10294).

    Habitat

    benthopelagic

    Conservation Status

    Least Concern

    Threat to Humans

    Harmless

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    Etheostoma vulneratum (Cope, 1870)