Percina shumardi

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• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
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• Notes

Overview

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Physical Description

Habitat

Inhabits rocky riffles of small to large rivers . Adults usually occur in deep swift riffles while young in shallow riffles and runs.

Biome: Marine .

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Ligyrodes Sallaei • Ligyrodes sallaei Bates • Ligyrodes sallaei BATES, 1888 • Morone flavescens Mitchill • Perca acuta Cuvier • Perca fluviatilis flavescens (Mitchill • Perca notata Rafinesque • Percina shumardi • Percina shumardi (Girard)

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

First described: Girard, M. J. A. Note sur une espèce nouvelle du genre Hemerobius, famille des Hémérobides, tribu des Myrméléoniens, ordre des Névroptères. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (3)7:163-170., 1859.

Last scrutiny: Data last modified by FishBase 03-Jun-1994

Similar Species

Fish Name Snout Body Pattern 1st Dorsal Fin Pigmentation Lateral Line Scales Other Characteristics Similarity Index Comments Blackside Darter Rounded, not elongated 6-11 oval blotches along lateral line, stripe-like, blotches or saddles on back Solid pigment on lower half, grading to dusky on outer third, thin light edge 56-68 ~10 long gill rakers, 20-23 CP scales, 12-15 D1 spines Very similar CP=caudal peduncle, D1=1st dorsal fin Gilt Darter Rounded, not elongated 5-8 thick squarish vertical bars or blotches extending on to back Solid pigment, orangish in life, except for thin clear/white edge 61-71 ~11 long gill rakers, 24-29 CP scales, 11-12 D1 spines Very similar CP=caudal peduncle, D1=1st dorsal fin Logperch Conical protuberance, somewhat elongated 15-25 narrow vertical bars Dusky lateral bands on light background 71-79 ~12 short gill rakers, 24-37 CP scales, 13-15 D1 spines Very similar CP=caudal peduncle, D1=1st dorsal fin River Darter Rounded, not elongated 8-11 blotches, thick and irregular in back, grading to thin vertical ars in front Dusky, with small dark blotch in front, larger dark blotch on posterior membranes 48-60 ~9 short gill rakers, 19-24 CP scales, 10-12 D1 spines N/A CP=caudal peduncle, D1=1st dorsal fin Slenderhead Darter Pointed, elongated 10-16 blotches or irregular vertical bars on sides, back Dark pigment on lower 1/2, then orange (in life), then dark band, then light edge 65-71 ~10 short gill rakers, 23-25 CP scales, 12-13 D1 spines Very similar CP=caudal peduncle, D1=1st dorsal fin

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)

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Further Reading

• A checklist of the vertebrate animals of Kansas / George D. Potts, Joseph T. Collins. [Lawrence, Kan.]: Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas, 1991. url p. 29.
• A distributional atlas of Upper Mississippi River fishes / [by] Philip W. Smith, Alvin C. Lopinot [and] William L. Pflieger. Urbana: [s. n.]; 1971. url p. 10.
• 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.
• A reexamination of the phylogenetic relationships of the sand darters (Teleostei: Percidae) / by Kate A. Shaw, Andrew M. Simons, and E.O. Wiley. 1999 [Lawrence, Kan.]: Natural History Museum, The University of Kansas, [1999] url p. 4.
• Bulletin / Illinois Natural History Survey. Urbana, State of Illinois, Dept. of Registration and Education, Natural History Survey Division, 1918-1985. url p. 102.
• Current bibliography for aquatic sciences and fisheries. London, Taylor & Francis ltd. url p. 295.
• Fish and Wildlife Habitat Changes Resulting from Construction of a Nine-Foot Channel on Pools 24, 25, and 26 of the Mississippi River and the Lower Illinois River, Ft. BelvoirDefense Technical Information CenterAPR 1979. url p. 245, p. 443.
• Fishes in Kansas / Frank B. Cross, Joseph T. Collins; foreword by John E. Hayes, Jr. Lawrence, Kan.: University of Kansas Natural History Museum: c1995. url p. 16, p. 240, figs. 41-42, page 277, p. xvii.
• Fishes of northern Ontario, north of the Albany River / Toronto: Royal Ontario Museum, c1964 url p. 19, p. 20, p. 7.
• Journal of the Kentucky Academy of Science. Lexington, KY: The Academy, 1998- url p. 109, p. 60.
• Miscellaneous publication - University of Kansas, Museum of Natural History. 1967 Lawrence: University of Kansas, 1946-1996. url p. 280, p. 295, p. 6.
• Occasional papers / Tulane University, Museum of Natural History. 1994 [Belle Chasse, La.]: The Museum, 1977- url p. 20, p. 28.
• Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Washington, Biological Society of Washington url p. 46, p. 47, p. 470, p. 472, p. 486.
• The Canadian field-naturalist. Ottawa, Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club. url p. 149, p. 152, p. 168, p. 2, p. 2, p. 250, p. 254, p. 396, p. 406, p. 455, p. 565, p. 59, p. 60, p. 61, p. 629, p. 631, p. 636, p. 638, p. 642, p. 85.
• The University of Kansas science bulletin. 48 1968 [Lawrence]: University of Kansas, 1902-1996. url p. 186.
• Transactions of the Kentucky Academy of Science. [Lexington, Ky.]Kentucky Academy of Science, 1923-1997. url p. 106, p. 115, p. 125, p. 126, p. 128, p. 149, p. 154, p. 155, p. 168, p. 17, p. 175, p. 19, p. 21, p. 82.
• Tulane studies in zoology and botany. 29 1994 New Orleans: Tulane University, [1968- url p. 133.
• Tulane studies in zoology. 13 1967 New Orleans: Tulane University, 1953-1968. url p. 140.

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 01, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 5 providers.
• Lyons, John. WiscFish.org University of Wisconsin, Center for Limnology, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, University of Wisconsin Sea Grant. Provided photos, physical description, and table comparing similar species.
• 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 01, 2008:

• Canadian Museum of Nature: Canadian Museum of Nature Fish Collection
• FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Canadian Museum of Nature - Fish Collection (OBIS Canada)
• 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: 135022
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-24881
• Fishbase Species ID: 3511
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13548090
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 168497
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: AFCQC04270
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 15789

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