Percina macrocephala
Percina macrocephala, the longhead darter, 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 basin of the Ohio River from New York and North Carolina west as far as western central Kentucky and Tennessee. Its preferred habitat is rocky pools with a strong flow, usually upstream or downstream from riffles With pebbles in clear, small to medium sized rivers, it also inhabits creeks. It is carnivorous and its food is mainly small crayfishes and mayfly nymphs.[2]
| Longhead darter | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Percidae |
| Genus: | Percina |
| Species: | P. macrocephala |
| Binomial name | |
| Percina macrocephala (Cope, 1867 | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Etheostoma macrocephalum Cope, 1867 | |
References
- NatureServe (2013). "Percina macrocephala". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T16591A19034763. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T16591A19034763.en. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Percina macrocephalum" in FishBase. December 2019 version.
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