Percina aurantiaca

• Overview
• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Overview

Family : Perches ; Inhabits clear, fairly deep, rocky pools (usually below riffles) of creeks and small rivers . Large males often found in rocky riffles.

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Biome: Marine .

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Cottogaster aurantiacus • Cottogaster aurantiacus Cope • Cottogaster aurantiacus Cope, 1868 • Percina aurantiaca

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: Data last modified by FishBase 06-Jun-1994

Similar Species

Members of the genus Percina

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 54 species and subspecies in this genus:

P. antesella (Amber Darter) · P. aurantiaca (Tangerine Darter) · P. aurolineata (Goldline Blenny) · P. aurora (Pearl Darter) · P. austroperca (Southern Logperch) · P. bimaculata (Chesapeake Logperch) · P. brevicauda (Coal Darter) · P. burtoni (Blotchfin Scorpionfish) · P. caprodes (Manitou Darter) · P. caprodes burtoni (Blotchside Logperch) · P. caprodes caprodes (Manitou Darter) · P. caprodes carbonaria (Log Perch) · P. caprodes semifasciata (Log Perch) · P. carbonaria (Texas Logperch) · P. copelandi (Channel Darter) · P. crassa (Piedmont Darter) · P. cymatotaenia (Bluestripe Darter) · P. evides (Gilt Darter) · P. fulvitaenia (Ozark Logperch) · P. gymnocephala (Appalachia Darter) · P. jenkinsi (Conasauga Logperch) · P. kathae (Mobile Logperch) · P. kusha (Bridled Darter) · P. lenticula (Freckled Darter) · P. macrocephala (Longhead Darter) · P. macrolepida (Bigscale Logperch) · P. maculata (Blackside Darter) · P. nasuta (Longnose Darter) · P. nevisense (Chainback Darter) · P. nigrofasciata (Blackbanded Darter) · P. nigrofasciata nigrofasciata (Blackbanded Darter) · P. notogramma (Stripeback Darter) · P. notogramma montuosa (Stripeback Darter) · P. oxyrhynchus (Sharpnose Darter) · P. oxyrhynchus (Sharpnose Darter) · P. palmaris (Bronze Darter) · P. pantherina (Leopard Darter) · P. peltata (Shield Darter) · P. peltata peltata (Shield Darter) · P. phoxocephala (Slenderhead Darter) · P. rex (Roanoke Logperch) · P. roanoka (Roanoke Darter) · P. sciera (Dusky Darter) · P. sciera apristis (Dusky Darter) · P. shumardi (River Catfish) · P. sipsi (Bankhead Darter) · P. smithvanizi (Muscadine Darter) · P. squamata (Olive Darter) · P. stictogaster (Frecklebelly Darter) · P. suttkusi (Gulf Logperch) · P. tanasi (Snail Darter) · P. uranidea (Stargazing Darter) · P. vigil (Saddleback Darter) · P. williamsi (Sickle Darter)

More Info

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Further Reading

• A list of common and scientific names of fishes from the United States and Canada. Report presented at the eighty-ninth annual meeting, Clearwater, Fla., Sept. 16-18, 1959. Ann Arbor, Mich., 1960. url p. 29.
• Occasional papers of the Museum of Natural History, the University of Kansas. 1981 Lawrence, Kan.: The University, 1971-1994. url p. 45.
• Threatened wildlife of the United States. Washington, Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife [for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.]1973. url p. 72.

Notes

Contributors

• Amaoka, Kunio (from FishBase).
• American Fisheries Society. Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United states, Canada, and Mexico Sixth Edition. Special Publication 29.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
• FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 02, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 4 providers.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 02, 2008:

• FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
• Royal Ontario Museum: Fish specimens
• University of Kansas Biodiversity Research Center: Fish Collection
• University of Minnesota Bell Museum of Natural History: Fish specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 134996
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-24862
• Fishbase Species ID: 3486
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 168477
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: AFCQC04020
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 14881

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