Biology:Stargazing darter

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Stargazing darter
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Percidae
Genus: Percina
Species:
P. uranidea
Binomial name
Percina uranidea
(Jordan & Gilbert, 1887)
Synonyms[2]

Etheostoma uranidea Jordan & Gilbert, 1887

The stargazing darter (Percina uranidea) 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 .

Geographic distribution

Found in the St. Francis, White and Ouachita River drainages in Missouri, Arkansas and Louisiana; formerly in lower the Wabash River in Indiana and Illinois.[2]

References

  1. NatureServe (2014). "Percina uranidea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T16596A19034712. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T16596A19034712.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/16596/19034712. Retrieved 14 November 2021. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Percina uranidea" in FishBase. December 2019 version.

Wikidata ☰ Q2243175 entry