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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); tippecanoe: Named after the type of locality, Tippecanoe River in Indiana (Ref. 10294).
More on authors: Jordan & Evermann.

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Freshwater; benthopelagic. Temperate; 42°N - 36°N

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North America: Ohio River basin from western Pennsylvania to Indiana, and south to Tennessee River drainage in Virginia and Tennessee, USA.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 4.3 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 5723)

Inhabit shallow gravel riffles of medium-sized rivers (Ref. 5723, 10294). Adults feed on midge larvae and baetid mayfly nymphs (Ref. 10294). Eggs are found buried in the substrate (Ref. 7043).

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Eggs are left buried in small gravel and pebbles (Ref. 74730).

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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. 126983)

Near Threatened (NT) ; Date assessed: 24 January 2012

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Etheostoma tippecanoe Jordan & Evermann, 1890