💧 Freshwater
Endangered
🌡️ Tropical
Relict darter
Etheostoma chienense Page & Ceas, 1992
📖 Overview
Adults concentrate in headwaters and creeks in quiet to gently flowing pools . Migratory behaviour is undetermined .
Scientific Name
Etheostoma chienense
Authority
Page & Ceas, 1992
Habitat
Freshwater
Climate
Tropical
Body Shape
Elongated
IUCN Status
EN
Max Length
7.1 cm
Depth Range
0–2 m
Trophic Level
3.3
Resilience
High
Vulnerability
20.00/100
Salinity
0–0.5 ppt
🔬 Taxonomy
Class
Ray-finned fishes
Actinopterygii
Order
Perch-like fishes
Perciformes
Family
Percidae
Percidae
Genus
Etheostoma
Etheostoma
Species
Relict darter
Etheostoma chienense
🐟 Physical Description
: elongated.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Relict darter is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
aquatic invertebrates
small fish
algae
detritus
🥚 Reproduction
🐣 Oviparous
Spawning Season
spring
Spawn Location
Substrate
Fertilization
External
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Freshwater; benthopelagic; depth range 0 - 2 m . Tropical North America: USA.
🌿 Ecology
Zone Preferences
💧 Freshwater
Trophic Level
3.3±0.5
📐 Morphometrics
Length–Weight Relationship:
W = 0.00676 × L3.12
(TL)
Max TL
7.1cm
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
Salinity Range
0–0.5ppt
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
IUCN Category
Endangered
Assessment Date
2011
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
Population Resilience
High
Minimum doubling time
Fishing Vulnerability
20.00/100
Low vulnerability
Trophic Level
3.3
Predator
Body Shape
Elongated
Climate Zone
Tropical
Described By
Page & Ceas, 1992
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