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Etheostoma edwini (Hubbs & Cannon, 1935)

Brown darter
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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).
Eponymy: Dr Edwin Phillip Creaser (1907–1981) was a biologist at the University of Michigan interested in crustaceans, particularly decapods. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on authors: Hubbs & Cannon.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; benthopelagic. Subtropical; 32°N - 29°N

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North America: known only from St. Johns River drainage of Florida to Perdido River drainage of Alabama in the USA.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 5.3 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 5723); common length : 4.6 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 12193)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Inhabit sandy runs, especially near vegetation, of creeks and small rivers (Ref. 5723). 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 2024-2)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 09 December 2011

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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