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Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Percoidei (Perchs) > Percidae (Perches) > Etheostomatinae
Etymology: Etheostoma: Greek, etheo = to strain + Greek, stoma = mouth; Rafinesque said "various mouths", but Jordan and Evermann suggest the name might have been intended as "Heterostoma (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Jordan & Gilbert.

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Freshwater; benthopelagic. Subtropical; 31°N - 29°N

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North America: found only in San Marcos and Comal springs and their effluent rivers (Guadalupe River system) in southern central Texas, USA.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 4.3 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 5723); common length : 2.9 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 12193)

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Dorsal spines (total): 6 - 8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10 - 13; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 5 - 8; Vertebrae: 32 - 33.

Occur in vegetated springs, pools and runs of effluent rivers (Ref. 5723). Feed primarily on cladocerans, copepods, amphipods, and aquatic insects (Ref. 54633). Spawn throughout the year (Ref. 75081) at 33-day interval (Ref. 31966). Eggs are found attached to the substrate unguarded (Ref. 7043).

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Eggs are found attached to the substrate unguarded (Ref. 7043).

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Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 1991. A field guide to freshwater fishes of North America north of Mexico. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston. 432 p. (Ref. 5723)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

Endangered (EN) (B1ab(iii,v)+2ab(iii,v)); Date assessed: 12 December 2011

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Etheostoma fonticola (Jordan & Gilbert, 1886)