Author: Layman & Mayden, 2009
FBname: Bluemask darter
Comments: This species is observed in slow to moderate current over sand and fine gravel at depths of 10-50 cm, mainly just downstream of riffles, in runs, or along margins of pools.  Breeding males collected in April at the type locality were most abundant in gravelly runs, while breeding females were more common in slower water over sandier substrates adjacent to runs. It is reported to be spawning in May and June in gravelly runs, burying their eggs in small sand patches among the gravel, a similar behavior of <i>E. stigmaeum</i>in aquaria.  After the spawning period, it moves to sandy substrates in low-velocity areas of intermediate depth (Ref. 80494).