The chainback darter (Percina nevisense) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish, a darter from the subfamily Etheostomatinae, part of the family Percidae, which also contains the perches, ruffes and pikeperches. It is found in North America where it occurs in the Roanoke-Chowan river drainage in Virginia south to the Neuse River drainage in North Carolina. It prefers gravel runs and riffles of small to medium-sized rivers.[2]
| Chainback darter | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Percidae |
| Genus: | Percina |
| Species: | P. nevisense
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| Binomial name | |
| Percina nevisense (Cope, 1870)
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| Synonyms[2] | |
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Etheostoma nevisense Cope, 1870 | |
References
edit- ^ NatureServe (2013). "Percina nevisense". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T202584A18233246. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T202584A18233246.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Percina nevisense". FishBase. December 2019 version.
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