Chainback darter
The chainback darter (Percina nevisense) is a 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. It is found in North America where it occurs in the Roanoke-Chowan river drainage in Virginia south to the Neuse River drainage in North Carolina. It prefers gravel runs and riffles of small to medium-sized rivers.[2]
| Chainback darter | |
|---|---|
_0091_(27196733147).jpg.webp) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Percidae |
| Genus: | Percina |
| Species: | P. nevisense |
| Binomial name | |
| Percina nevisense (Cope, 1870) | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
|
Etheostoma nevisense Cope, 1870 | |
References
- NatureServe (2013). "Percina nevisense". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T202584A18233246. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T202584A18233246.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Percina nevisense" in FishBase. December 2019 version.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.