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Etymology: sanguifluus: Name from the words sangui, meaning blood, and fluum, flowing (Ref. 10294).
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Freshwater; benthopelagic. Temperate, preferred ?; 38°N - 35°N
North America: known only from the middle Cumberland River drainages (Rockcastle River in Kentucky to Caney Fork in Tennessee) in Kentucky and Tennessee, USA. Previously regarded as a subspecies of Etheostoma maculatum (Ref. 3814).
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 9.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 5723)
Inhabits fast rocky riffles of small to medium rivers (Ref. 5723); also found in creeks (Ref. 10294). Rakes et al. (1999) reported results of captive propagation this species from the Big South Fork, Tennessee: eggs were adhesive, 1.5-1.8 mm in diameter, deposited in the crevice of joined ceramic tiles; approximately 20 eggs were deposited per mating event and eggs were clumped together; larvae were phototactic and pelagic for 5-21 days before becoming benthic (Ref. 93269).
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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. 115185)
CITES (Ref. 94142)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
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