Animalia > Chordata > Perciformes > Percidae > Etheostoma > Etheostoma stigmaeum

Etheostoma stigmaeum (Speckled darter)

Synonyms: Boleosoma stigmaeum; Poecilichthys saxatilis
Language: Danish; Mandarin Chinese

Wikipedia Abstract

The speckled darter (Etheostoma stigmaeum) is a species of darter endemic to the central and southeastern United States. It occurs in the Mississippi River basin and through the Gulf Coast drainages. It is also found in the Clinch River and the Powell River. This species inhabits rocky or sandy pools in flowing waters up to the size of medium rivers with fast currents. It can reach a length of 6.1 centimetres (2.4 in) TL though most only reach about 4 centimetres (1.6 in).
View Wikipedia Record: Etheostoma stigmaeum

Infraspecies

Etheostoma stigmaeum parvigemma
Etheostoma stigmaeum stigmaeum

Attributes

Adult Length [1]  2.362 inches (6 cm)
Brood Dispersal [1]  Hidden
Brood Egg Substrate [1]  Lithophils (gravel-sand)
Brood Guarder [1]  No
Litter Size [1]  440
Maximum Longevity [1]  3 years
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates)
Female Maturity [1]  1 year

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Buffalo National River National River and Wild and Scenic Riverway V 59947 Arkansas, United States
Horseshoe Bend National Military Park V 1926 Alabama, United States
Mammoth Cave Area Biosphere Reserve (Natn'l Park) National Park II 51235 Kentucky, United States

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Acanthocephalus alabamensis[3]
Gyrodactylus etheostomae[4]

Range Map

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Frimpong, E.A., and P. L. Angermeier. 2009. FishTraits: a database of ecological and life-history traits of freshwater fishes of the United States. Fisheries 34:487-495.
♦ 2Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
♦ 3Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 4Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0