Percina brucethompsoni
Percina brucethompsoni 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 Ouachita River system in the Ouachita Mountains in Arkansas. When breeding, in the Spring, they are normally found in riffles and fast runs with gravel or pebble substrates at depths of around 1 metre (3.3 ft) They live in deeper pools during the rest of the year.[1] The specific name honors the American ichthyologist Dr. Bruce A. Thompson (1946-2007).[2]
| Percina brucethompsoni | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Percidae |
| Genus: | Percina |
| Species: | P. brucethompsoni |
| Binomial name | |
| Percina brucethompsoni | |
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Percina brucethompsoni" in FishBase. December 2019 version.
- Henry Robison; Morgan Raley; Robert Cashner (2014). "A New Species of Darter from the Ouachita Highlands in Arkansas Related to Percina nasuta (Percidae: Etheostomatinae)". Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History. 55 (2): 237–252.
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