Percina austroperca

Percina austroperca, the southern logperch, is a small 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] They are highly resilient with a minimum population doubling time of less than 15 months.[3] It is found in the Escambia and Choctawhatchee river systems in western Florida and southern Alabama.[1]

Southern logperch
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Percidae
Genus: Percina
Species:
P. austroperca
Binomial name
Percina austroperca
Thompson, 1995

References

  1. NatureServe (2013). "Percina austroperca". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T184077A19033007. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T184077A19033007.en. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  2. "ITIS report, Percina austroperca".
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Percina austroperca" in FishBase. December 2019 version.


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