Logperch
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logperches are a group of fish in the genus
Percina
of the family
Percidae
.
There are 11 species
of logperch, native to eastern parts of the US and Canada. The fish inhabit clear, gravelly streams and lakes, reaching a maximum size of about 18 cm (7 inches) and a maximum age of about 3 years. Percina caprodes is the most widespread of the species; some of the species with more restricted distribution are threatened in various ways. Due to their small size, the fish are not normally harvested for food. Habitat alteration and inappropriate land use practices are the most common population stressors.
The logperch is commonly found as a baby and around 6–9 cm in length, it has features like small black dots on the surface, elongated front fins, and a long skinny body.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
Percina
Percina
Percina is a genus of small bony fishes of the family Percidae, mostly from North America. Like similar Etheostomatinae they are called "darters". More specifically the genus as a whole is known as roughbelly darters, while certain species of Percina with a pattern of vertical bars on the flanks...
of the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Percidae
Percidae
The Percidae are a family of perciform fish found in fresh and brackish waters of the Northern Hemisphere. The family contains about 200 species in ten genera...
.
There are 11 species
Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...
of logperch, native to eastern parts of the US and Canada. The fish inhabit clear, gravelly streams and lakes, reaching a maximum size of about 18 cm (7 inches) and a maximum age of about 3 years. Percina caprodes is the most widespread of the species; some of the species with more restricted distribution are threatened in various ways. Due to their small size, the fish are not normally harvested for food. Habitat alteration and inappropriate land use practices are the most common population stressors.
Species
- Percina austropercaPercina austropercaThe Southern logperch is a small freshwater fish located in North America....
– Southern LogperchSouthern logperchThe Southern logperch, Percina austroperca, is a small freshwater fish located in North America.-External links:... - Percina bimaculata – Chesapeake Logperch (often included in P. caprodes)
- Percina burtoni – Blotchside LogperchBlotchside logperchThe blotchside logperch is a species of fish in the Percidae family. It is endemic to the United States.-References:* Gimenez Dixon, M. 1996. . Downloaded on 4 August 2007....
- Percina caprodesPercina caprodesPercina caprodes, the logperch or common logperch, is a fish species of the family Percidae. Like other logperches, it has the typical vertical barring along the flank and a subterminal mouth....
– Common Logperch (or simply "Logperch") - Percina carbonariaPercina carbonariaPercina carbonaria, the Texas logperch, is a small bony fish species in the genus Percina....
(BairdSpencer Fullerton BairdSpencer Fullerton Baird was an American ornithologist, ichthyologist and herpetologist. Starting in 1850 he was assistant-secretary and later secretary of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C...
& GirardCharles Frédéric GirardCharles Frédéric Girard was a French biologist specializing in ichthyology and herpetology.Born in Mulhouse, France, he studied at the College of Neuchâtel, Switzerland as a student of Louis Agassiz. In 1847, he accompanied Agassiz as his assistant to Harvard...
, 1853) – Texas Logperch - Percina fulvitaenia Morris & Page, 1981 – Ozark Logperch
- Percina jenkinsi – Conasauga LogperchConasauga logperchThe conasauga logperch is a species of fish in the Percidae family. It is endemic to the United States.-Abstract:...
- Percina kathaePercina kathaeThe common name of Percina kathae is the mobile logperch. It is one of the 324 fish species found in Tennessee....
Thompson, 1997 – Mobile Logperch - Percina macrolepida Stevenson, 1971 – Bigscale Logperch
- Percina rex – Roanoke LogperchRoanoke logperchThe Roanoke logperch, Percina rex, is a small freshwater fish found in the Roanoke and Chowan drainages in Virginia. They inhabit low and moderate-gradient streams and rivers in warm, clear water in mostly unsilted gravel and rubble in runs, pools, and riffles. They are primarily insectivorous...
- Percina suttkusi Thompson, 1997 – Gulf Logperch
The logperch is commonly found as a baby and around 6–9 cm in length, it has features like small black dots on the surface, elongated front fins, and a long skinny body.