Percina

Summary

Percina is a genus of small freshwater ray-finned fish, classified within the subfamily Etheostomatinae, part of the family Percidae, which also contains the perches, ruffes and pikeperches from North America. Along with similar fishes in certain other genera, members of Percina are commonly called "darters". More specifically, the genus as a whole is known as roughbelly darters, while certain species of Percina with a pattern of vertical bars on the flanks are called logperches.

Logperches and roughbelly darters
Percina kathae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Percidae
Subfamily: Etheostomatinae
Genus: Percina
Haldeman, 1842
Type species
Perca (Percina) nebulosa

Species edit

There are currently 49 recognized species in this genus:[2]

References edit

  1. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Percina". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Species of Percina in FishBase. December 2019 version.
  3. ^ Robison, H. W.; Cashner, R. C.; Raley, M. E.; Near, T. J. (2014). "A New Species of Darter from the Ouachita Highlands in Arkansas Related to Percina nasuta (Percidae: Etheostomatinae)". Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History. 55 (2): 237–252. doi:10.3374/014.055.0211.
  4. ^ Thomas J. Near, Daniel J. MacGuigan, Emily L. Boring, Jeffrey W. Simmons, Brett Albanese, Benjamin P. Keck, Richard C. Harrington and Gerald R. Dinkins. 2021. A New Species of Bridled Darter Endemic to the Etowah River System in Georgia (Percidae: Etheostomatinae: Percina). Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History. 62(1); 15-42. DOI: 10.3374/014.062.0102