Etheostoma camurum (Cope, 1870)
Bluebreast darter
Etheostoma camurum
photo by Crippen, C.

Family:  Percidae (Perches), subfamily: Etheostomatinae
Max. size:  8.4 cm TL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  benthopelagic; freshwater
Distribution:  North America: Ohio River basin from western New York to eastern Illinois, and south to Tennessee River in North Carolina and Tennessee in the USA.
Diagnosis:   
Biology:  Inhabit fast, rocky riffles of small to medium rivers (Ref. 5723, 10294). Eggs are found buried in the substrate (Ref. 7043).
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 07 December 2011 Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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