Etheostoma lepidum (Baird & Girard, 1853)
Greenthroat darter
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa
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: Baird & Girard.
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: Baird & Girard.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical; 35°N - 27°N
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North America: found in Colorado, Guadalupe and Nueces River drainages in Texas, USA; and in Pecos River system in New Mexico, USA.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 6.6 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 5723); common length : 3.2 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 12193)
Max length : 6.6 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 5723); common length : 3.2 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 12193)
Adults occur in gravel and rubble riffles, especially spring-fed and vegetated riffles, of headwaters, 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).
Main reference
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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 2025-2 (Global))
Near Threatened (NT) ; Date assessed: 20 December 2011
CITES
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
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