Freckled darter
The freckled darter (Percina lenticula) 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 endemic to the United States.
| Freckled darter | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Percidae |
| Genus: | Percina |
| Species: | P. lenticula |
| Binomial name | |
| Percina lenticula Richards & L. W. Knapp, 1964 | |
Geographic distribution
They are found in the drainage systems of the Mobile Bay, Pascagoula, and Pearl Rivers in Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana.[2]
Sources
- Gimenez Dixon, M. 1996. Percina lenticula. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 4 August 2007.
References
- NatureServe (2014). "Percina lenticula". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T16590A19033910. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T16590A19033910.en.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Percina lenticula" in FishBase. December 2019 version.
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