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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); nigripinne: From the words nigrum, meaning black, and pinna, fin (referring to the black fins of breeding males) (Ref. 10294).
Environment / Climate / Range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Temperate, preferred ?; 36°N - 34°N
North America: Tennessee River drainage from Paint Rock River downstream to Duck River system (in upper and lower Duck River system) in Tennessee, Alabama and Mississippi, USA; absent in Cypress and most of Shoal Creek systems.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 8.8 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 5723)
Inhabits rocky pools and adjacent riffles of headwaters, creeks and small rivers (Ref. 5723, 10294).
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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
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Harmless
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