Blotchside darter
📖 Overview
Inhabits gravel runs and riffles of clear, small to medium rivers ; also found in creeks . Feeds on mayfly, caddisfly, stonefly, midge, and blackfly larvae and adult and larval riffle beetles .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 15 - 18; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13 - 17. Percina burtoni is distinguished from its congener P. apina by having lower mean number of lateral line scales (89.92 vs. 93.09), pored lateral line scales (88.78 vs. 91.59), transverse scale rows (33.59 vs. 38.09), and scales around the caudal peduncle (33.54 vs. 36.22); shape of the midlateral blotches tend to be higher than wide (vs. typically wider than high in P. apina); all blotches are distinctly round in shape (vs. posteriormost blotches ovoid or rectangular in shape in P. apina); pigmentation is diffuse at the ventral margins of the blotches (pigmentation along the edges of the blotches is sharply defined in P. apina) .: elongated.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Blotchside darter is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
Diet information for Blotchside darter is currently being compiled.
🥚 Reproduction
Reproduction data for Blotchside darter is currently being compiled.
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Temperate; 38°N - 35°N North America: Tennessee and Cumberland River drainages in Virginia, North Carolina, Kentucky and Tennessee, USA.
🌿 Ecology
mayfly, caddisfly, stonefly, midge, and blackfly larvae and adult and larval riffle beetles (Ref
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🌐 Names & Taxonomy
| Language | Common Names |
|---|---|
| 🇬🇧English | Blotchside Darter · blotchside logperch |
| 🌍CES | percina Burtonův |
Scientific Synonyms
| Scientific Name | Author | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Percina caprodes burtoni | Fowler | 1945 | Synonym |
| Percina caprodes semifasciata | DeKay | 1842 | Synonym |
| Pileoma semifasciatum | DeKay | 1842 | Synonym |
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 5 records indexed .
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