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Scientific Name	**Etheostoma rufilineatum** (Cope, 1870)
Common Name	Redline Darter
Type Locality	Warm Springs Creek, tributary of French Broad River, Madison County, North Carolina, U.S.A.
Pronunciation	ee theo stoh mah
Etymology	From the Greek, etheo meaning to strain and from stoma meaning mouth.
Species Information
Size	84mm or 3.3" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Habitat Information
Distribution	North America: known only from Cumberland (below Big South Fork) and Tennessee River drainages in Virginia, Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi in the USA.
IUCN Red List Category	Least Concern, range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2012.
Husbandry Information
Feeding	Omnivorous. Some accept high quality flake and granular food. Brine shrimp, bloodworm and cyclops are readily accepted and snails are especially relished. User data.
Breeding	Crevice spawners.
Breeding Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
Reference	Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society v. 11 (for 7 Jan. 1870), pp 267.
Registered Keepers	There is no registered keeper.
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Last Update	2020 Oct 08 14:11 (species record created: 2014 Sep 03 16:32)