Biology:Chainback darter

From HandWiki
Revision as of 18:30, 29 June 2023 by Pchauhan2001 (talk | contribs) (fixing)
(diff) ← Older revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)
Short description: Species of fish

Chainback darter
Percina nevisense (S1187) 0091 (27196733147).jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Percidae
Genus: Percina
Species:
P. nevisense
Binomial name
Percina nevisense
(Cope, 1870)
Synonyms[2]

Etheostoma nevisense Cope, 1870

The chainback darter (Percina nevisense) 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 Roanoke-Chowan river drainage in Virginia south to the Neuse River drainage in North Carolina. It prefers gravel runs and riffles of small to medium-sized rivers.[2]

References

  1. NatureServe (2013). "Percina nevisense". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T202584A18233246. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T202584A18233246.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/202584/18233246. Retrieved 19 November 2021. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Percina nevisense" in FishBase. December 2019 version.


Wikidata ☰ Q5636441 entry