The stargazing darter (Percina uranidea) 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 endemic to the United States.
Stargazing darter | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Perciformes |
Family: | Percidae |
Genus: | Percina |
Species: | P. uranidea
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Binomial name | |
Percina uranidea | |
Synonyms[2] | |
Etheostoma uranidea Jordan & Gilbert, 1887 |
Geographic distribution
editFound in the St. Francis, White and Ouachita River drainages in Missouri, Arkansas and Louisiana; formerly in lower the Wabash River in Indiana and Illinois.[2]
References
edit- ^ NatureServe (2014). "Percina uranidea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T16596A19034712. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T16596A19034712.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Percina uranidea" in FishBase. December 2019 version.