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Percina

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Osteichthyes
Classis: Actinopterygii
Subclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Ordo: Perciformes
Subordo: Percoidei
Superfamilia: Percoidea
Familia: Percidae
Genus: Percina
Species: P. antesella - P. aurantiaca - P. aurolineata - P. aurora - P. austroperca - P. brevicauda - P. burtoni - P. caprodes - P. carbonaria - P. copelandi - P. crassa - P. cymatotaenia - P. evides - P. fulvitaenia - P. gymnocephala - P. jenkinsi - P. kathae - P. kusha - P. lenticula -P. macrocephala - P. macrolepida - P. maculata - P. nasuta - P. nevisense - P. nigrofasciata - P. notogramma - P. oxyrhynchus - P. palmaris - P. pantherina - P. peltata - P. phoxocephala - P. rex - P. roanoka - P. sciera - P. shumardi - P. sipsi - P. smithvanizi - P. squamata - P. stictogaster - P. suttkusi - P. tanasi - P. uranidea - P. vigil - P. williamsi

Name

Percina (Haldeman, 1842)

References

* Percina Report on ITIS
* FishBase link : genus Percina (Mirror site) (+species list)
* Page, LM & TJ Near (2007) A new darter from the upper Tennessee River drainage related to Percina macrocephala (Percidae: Etheostomatinae). Copeia 2007, 605–613.

Vernacular names
Internationalization
English: Roughbelly Darters, Logperch

Percina is a genus of small bony fishes of the family Percidae, mostly from North America. Like similar Etheostomatinae they are called "darters". More specifically the genus as a whole is known as roughbelly darters, while certain species of Percina with a pattern of vertical bars on the flanks are called logperches.
Species

The genus contains 47 species:

Percina antesella – Amber Darter
Percina apristis – Guadalupe Darter (Hubbs & Hubbs 1954) (often included in P. sciera)
Percina aurantiaca – Tangerine Darter
Percina aurolineata – Goldline Darter
Percina aurora Suttkus & Thompson, 1994 – Pearl Darter
Percina austroperca – Southern Logperch
Percina bimaculata – Chesapeake Logperch (often included in P. caprodes)
Percina brevicauda Suttkus & Bart, 1994 – Coal Darter
Percina burtoni – Blotchside Logperch
Percina caprodes – Common Logperch
Percina carbonaria (Baird & Girard, 1853) – Texas Logperch
Percina copelandi – Channel Darter
Percina crassa (Jordan & Brayton, 1878) – Piedmont Darter
Percina crypta Freeman, Freeman & Burkhead, 2008 – Halloween Darter
Percina cymatotaenia – Bluestripe Darter
Percina evides (Jordan & Copeland, 1877) – Gilt Darter
Percina fulvitaenia Morris & Page, 1981 – Ozark Logperch
Percina gymnocephala Beckham, 1980 – Appalachia Darter
Percina jenkinsi – Conasauga Logperch
Percina kathae Thompson, 1997 – Mobile Logperch
Percina kusha Williams & Burkhead, 2007 – Bridled Darter
Percina lenticula – Freckled Darter
Percina macrocephala (Cope, 1867) – Longhead Darter
Percina macrolepida Stevenson, 1971 – Bigscale Logperch
Percina maculata (Girard, 1859) – Blackside Darter
Percina nasuta – Longnose Darter
Percina nevisense (Cope, 1870) – Chainback Darter
Percina nigrofasciata (Agassiz, 1854) – Blackbanded Darter
Percina notogramma (Raney & Hubbs, 1948) – Stripeback Darter
Percina oxyrhynchus (Hubbs & Raney, 1939) – Sharpnose Darter
Percina palmaris (Bailey, 1940) – Bronze Darter
Percina pantherina – Leopard Darter
Percina peltata (Stauffer, 1864) – Shield Darter
Percina phoxocephala (Nelson, 1876) – Slenderhead Darter
Percina rex – Roanoke Logperch
Percina roanoka (Jordan & Jenkins, 1889) – Roanoke Darter
Percina sciera (Swain, 1883) – Dusky Darter
Percina shumardi (Girard, 1859) – River Darter
Percina sipsi Williams & Neely, 2007 – Bankhead Darter
Percina smithvanizi Williams & Walsh, 2007 – Muscadine Darter
Percina squamata (Gilbert & Swain, 1887) – Olive Darter
Percina stictogaster Burr & Page, 1993 – Frecklebelly Darter
Percina suttkusi Thompson, 1997 – Gulf Logperch
Percina tanasi – Snail Darter
Percina uranidea – Stargazing Darter
Percina vigil (Hay, 1882) – Saddleback Darter
Percina williamsi Page & Near, 2007 – Sickle Darter

References

FishBase (2006): Percina species. Version of 2006-MAR-14. Retrieved 2008-JUL-09.

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