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Muscadine darter

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Muscadine darter
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Percidae
Genus: Percina
Species:
P. smithvanizi
Binomial name
Percina smithvanizi

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

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Percina smithvanizi". FishBase. December 2019 version.