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(Ref. 128868) IUCN0 The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1964 - onwards. https://www.iucnredlist.org/ (Ref. 130435) FB-GeneralDescr-6309 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Tess Cruz 1992-08-05 00:00:00 2007-03-21 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=6309 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Are generally cryptic or solitary (Ref. 58006). Inhabit heavily vegetated creeks, sloughs and roadside ditches. Feed on microcrustaceans and other small, benthic invertebrates (Ref. 58006). Oviparous, eggs are found in vegetation or just on the substrate (Ref. 58006). 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) FB-DiagnosticDescr-6309 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 2007-03-20 00:00:00 2007-03-21 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=6309 Mouth is terminal and upturned. Normally has 12-14 vertical bars along the body, alternating with iridescent interbars of approximately equal width. Sympatric species have head scales or humeral spots and ocular bars. Sandel, M. and P.M. Harris 2007 Threatened fishes of the world: <i>Elassoma boehlkei</i> (Rohde and Arndt 1987) (Elassomatidae). Environ. Biol. Fishes 78(4):289-290. (Ref. 58006) FB-Morphology-6309 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 2007-03-20 00:00:00 2007-03-21 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=6309 Dorsal spines (total): 4; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8 - 12; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 5 - 8 Sandel, M. and P.M. Harris 2007 Threatened fishes of the world: <i>Elassoma boehlkei</i> (Rohde and Arndt 1987) (Elassomatidae). Environ. Biol. Fishes 78(4):289-290. (Ref. 58006) FB-Distribution-6309 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Tess Cruz 1992-08-05 00:00:00 2025-11-05 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=6309 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats North America: Waccamaw and Santee River drainages in North Carolina and South Carolina, USA. 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) FB-Uses-6309 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Tess Cruz 1992-08-05 00:00:00 2007-03-21 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=6309 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat fisheries: commercial; aquarium: commercial IUCN 2025 The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1964 - onwards. https://www.iucnredlist.org/ (Ref. 130435) Sandel, M. and P.M. Harris 2007 Threatened fishes of the world: <i>Elassoma boehlkei</i> (Rohde and Arndt 1987) (Elassomatidae). Environ. Biol. Fishes 78(4):289-290. (Ref. 58006) FB-LifeCycle-6309 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1992-08-05 00:00:00 2007-03-21 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ FAO General public http://www.fishbase.org//Reproduction/FishReproSummary.php?ID=6309&StockCode=6622 Eggs are guarded by the male (Ref. 58006). Sandel, M. and P.M. Harris 2007 Threatened fishes of the world: <i>Elassoma boehlkei</i> (Rohde and Arndt 1987) (Elassomatidae). Environ. Biol. Fishes 78(4):289-290. (Ref. 58006) FB-TrophicStrategy-6309 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 2007-03-21 00:00:00 2007-09-12 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public boehlkei http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Are generally cryptic or solitary (Ref. 58006). Inhabit heavily vegetated creeks, sloughs and roadside ditches. Feed on microcrustaceans and other small, benthic invertebrates (Ref. 58006). Sandel, M. and P.M. Harris 2007 Threatened fishes of the world: <i>Elassoma boehlkei</i> (Rohde and Arndt 1987) (Elassomatidae). Environ. Biol. Fishes 78(4):289-290. (Ref. 58006) FB-Size-6309 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Tess Cruz 1992-08-05 00:00:00 2007-03-21 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=6309 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Uses 3.3 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 58006)); max. reported age: 2 years (Ref. 58007) Sandel, M. and P.M. Harris 2007 Threatened fishes of the world: <i>Elassoma boehlkei</i> (Rohde and Arndt 1987) (Elassomatidae). Environ. Biol. Fishes 78(4):289-290. (Ref. 58006) Rohde, F.C., R.G. Arndt, D.G. Lindquist and J.F. Parnell 1994 Freshwater fishes of the Carolinas, Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware. The University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, NC. (Ref. 58007) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#TrophicStrategy Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-6309 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Tess Cruz 1992-08-05 00:00:00 2007-03-21 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=6309 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size demersal; freshwater; pH range: 5.5 - 7.2