Percina austroperca

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

Overview

Family : Perches ;

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Biome: Freshwater [1].

Ecology: The habitat types for this species include rivers and large creeks with substrate types of clean sand , gravel , and rubble shoals (Gilbert 1992, Thompson 1995, Boschung and Mayden 2004). It is likely that the eggs are buried in sand/gravel substrates, in a swift current . Based on the biology of several closely related species (logperches), this species very likely feeds beneath substrate objects and engages in stone-flipping behaviour wherein its pig-like snout is used to roll objects and expose aquatic insects, small molluscs , and other organisms . Logperch generally spawn in gravel areas (W.C. Starnes 2008 pers. comm. ).[1].

List of Habitats:

•     5     Wetlands (inland)   
  
•     5.1     Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls )   
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Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

First described: Cree, A.;Thompson, M .B.;Daugherty, C.H. Tuatara sex determination Nature 375 (6532): 543, 1995.

Comment: Needs another reference .

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)

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Further Reading

• Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes 2003. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada.
• Bass, G., Hoehn, T., Couch, J. and McDonald, K. 2004. Florida Imperiled Fish Species Investigation. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Blackwater Fisheries Research and Development Center, Holt, Florida.
• Boschung, H.T. and Mayden, R.L. 2004. Fishes of Alabama. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C.
• Cree, A.;Thompson, M.B.;Daugherty, C.H. Tuatara sex determination Nature 375 (6532): 543, 1995.
• Eschmeyer, William N., ed. 1998. Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco, California, USA. 2905. ISBN: 0-940228-47-5.
• Gilbert, C.R. 1992. Fishes. In: C.R. Gilbert (ed.), Rare and Endangered Biota of Florida, pp. 247. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
• IUCN. 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2010.3). Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 2 September 2010).
• NatureServe. 2008. NatureServe Explorer: An Online Encyclopedia of Life Version 7.0. Available at: http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/.
• Near, T.J. (2002). Phylogenetic relationships of Percina (Percidae: Etheostomatinae). Copeia 2002(1):1-14.
• Nelson, J.S., Crossman, E.J., Espinosa-Perez, H., Findley, L.T., Gilbert, C.R., Lea, R. N. and Williams, J.D. 2004. Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico. American Fisheries Society, Special Publication 29, Bethesda, Maryland.
• Thompson, B.A. 1995. Percina austroperca, a new species of logperch (Percidae, subgenus Percina) from the Choctawhatchee and Escambia rivers in Alabama and Florida. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural Science, Louisiana State University 69.

Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
• FishBase 2006.
• FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
• Kullander, Sven O. (from FishBase).
• NatureServe (G. Hammerson) 2010. Percina austroperca. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 03February2012.
• 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.

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 6261054
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-144135
• Fishbase Species ID: 58921
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 553384
• IUCN ID: 231178
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: AFCQC04380
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 14883

Footnotes

1. NatureServe (G. Hammerson) 2010. Percina austroperca. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 03 February 2012. [back]

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