Etheostoma cyanoprosopum, Blueface darter

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Etheostoma cyanoprosopum Near & Kozal, 2017

Blueface darter
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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).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; benthopelagic. Subtropical

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North America: Upland streams on the Cumberland Plateau in the upper Bear Creek system (Tennessee River drainage) and the Hubbard Creek system (Mobile Basin) in Alabama, USA.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 4.9 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 116751)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 9 - 12; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10-12; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 7 - 9. Etheostoma cyanoprosopum is distinguished by the following characters: lateral line complete with 45 to 53 scales; 11 to 17 transverse scale rows ; 16 to 20 scales around the caudal peduncle 16 to 20 ; dorsal fin with modally 10 spines and 12 rays; anal fin with 2 spines and 7 to 9 soft rays; pectoral fin with modally 14 rays; nape, belly, and prepectoral area are scaled; breast naked in most specimens; nine lateral blotches of pigment on side of body, 8 to 10 dorsal saddles, a narrow suborbital bar; spinous dorsal fin with three distinct color bands in nuptial males; a distal-most thin turquoise band, a medial band of dark red, and a basal-most band of black spots; second dorsal fin with blue color on distal third and a more basal red band limited to the posterior two-thirds of the fin. Nuptial males possess a turquoise to darker blue color on the pelvic fins, caudal fin, and margin of the anal fin. A turquoise color on the breast extends to the underside of the head, snout, and cheeks. A pale white line extends along the lateral line to the middle of the second dorsal fin. Absence of a red ocellus in the first interradial membrane of the first dorsal fin in both males and females (Ref. 116751).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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Kozal, L.C., J.W. Simmons, J.M. Mollish, D.J. MacGuigan, E. Benavides, B.P. Keck and T.J. Near, 2017. Phylogenetic and morphological diversity of the Etheostoma zonistium species complex with the description of a new species endemic to the cumberland plateau of Alabama. Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 58(2):263-286. (Ref. 116751)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)


CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01000 (0.00244 - 0.04107), b=3.04 (2.81 - 3.27), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.2   ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100).