Summary of etheostoma |
Pronounced | ee theo stoh mah |
Etymology | From the Greek, etheo meaning to strain and from stoma meaning mouth. |
Feeding | Omnivorous. Some accept high quality flake and granular food. Brine shrimp, bloodworm and cyclops are readily accepted and snails are especially relished. |
Breeding | Crevice spawners. |
Size | Smallest 43mm, largest 170mm, average 77mm, most commonly 72mm. All SL. |
Species | There are 16 "species" in the database |
Keepers | 4 species (25%) are being kept by registered keepers |
New spp. / time | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1750 | 1770 | 1790 | 1810 | 1830 | 1850 | 1870 | 1890 | 1910 | 1930 | 1950 | 1970 | 1990 | 2010 |
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Distribution |
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Genus Thumbnails |
E. asprigene (i:0, k:0) E. blennioides (i:6, k:0) E. caeruleum (i:5, k:1) E. camurum (i:0, k:0) E. exile (i:0, k:0) E. flabellare (i:0, k:0) E. fusiforme (i:0, k:1) E. microperca (i:0, k:0) E. nigrum (i:0, k:1) E. rufilineatum (i:3, k:0) E. spectabile (i:0, k:0) E. tippecanoe (i:0, k:0) E. variatum (i:0, k:1) E. zonale (i:0, k:0) E. zonifer (i:0, k:0) E. zonistium (i:0, k:0)
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