[1] A benthic fish, they typically inhabit streams and smaller rivers over sand or gravel bottoms where they are primarily insectivorous.

[2] The species is sympatric with P. crypta within the Apalachicola Basin.

[3] There are still many sources that have yet to update their material to accommodate the split.

[4] Sources from before this species was split found the former parent taxon, P. nigrofasciata, absent from the Satilla and St. Mary's river systems in Georgia and Florida.

[5][2] Though considered common throughout most of its range, they are thought rare in the Altamaha River.