Etheostoma rufilineatum
Redline Darter
NS
G5
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Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fishes)
Perciformes (Perciformes, Also Called the Acanthopteri)
Percidae (Perches)
Etheostoma
Etheostoma rufilineatum (Redline Darter)
Description
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Characters
Body shape: elongated.
Distribution
North America: known only from Cumberland (below Big South Fork) and Tennessee River drainages in Virginia, Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi in the USA.
Habitat Associations
Freshwater. benthopelagic.
Biology
Inhabit clear, fast rocky riffles of creeks and small to medium rivers (Ref. 5723); also found in streams (Ref. 10294). Adults feed on midge and blackfly larvae, with baetid and heptageniid mayfly nymphs, hydropsychid and hydroptilid caddis larvae, and water mites (Ref. 10294). Eggs are found buried in the substrate (Ref. 7043).
Max length: 8.4 cm TL; common length: 6.9 cm TL.
Reproductive mode: dioecism; fertilization: external; nonguarders (brood hiders); parental care: none. Eggs are left buried in small gravel and pebbles (Ref. 74730).
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC), assessed 2012-01-19. Resilience: High (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
References
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.
James, P.W. and C.A. Taber (1986) Reproductive biology and age and growth of the yoke darter, Etheostoma juliae. Copeia 1986(2):536-540.
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