| Family: |
Percidae (Perches), subfamily: Etheostomatinae |
| Max. size: |
13 cm TL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
benthopelagic; freshwater |
| Distribution: |
North America: middle Cumberland River drainage (Big South Fork and Rockcastle River) in Kentucky and Tennessee, and in the upper Tennessee River drainage in North Carolina, Tennessee and Georgia in the USA. |
| Diagnosis: |
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| Biology: |
Inhabits moderately deep boulder riffles and runs of small to medium rivers (Ref. 5723, 10294). Feeds on hydropsychid caddis larvae and heptageniid mayfly nymphs (Ref. 10294). |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Near Threatened (NT); Date assessed: 02 August 2012 Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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