Muscadine darter
Appearance
Muscadine darter | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Perciformes |
Family: | Percidae |
Genus: | Percina |
Species: | P. smithvanizi
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Binomial name | |
Percina smithvanizi J. D. Williams & Walsh, 2007
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The muscadine darter (Percina smithvanizi) is a small freshwater species of freshwater ray-finned fish, a darter from the subfamily Etheostomatinae, part of the family Percidae, which also contains the perches, ruffes and pikeperches.[2] It is found in streams above the Fall Line in the Tallapoosa River system in eastern Alabama and western Georgia. It prefers gravel runs and riffles of small to medium-sized rivers.[1] The specific name honors the American ichthyologist William F. Smith-Vaniz for his contributions to ichthyology and for the writing the first book on the Freshwater Fishes of Alabama.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b NatureServe (2014). "Percina smithvanizi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T202595A19033701. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T202595A19033701.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Percina smithvanizi". FishBase. December 2019 version.