Sharpnose darter
| Sharpnose darter | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Percidae |
| Genus: | Percina |
| Species: | P. oxyrhynchus
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| Binomial name | |
| Percina oxyrhynchus (C.L. Hubbs & , 1939)
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| Synonyms[2] | |
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Hadropterus oxyrhynchus Hubbs & Raney, 1939 | |
The sharpnose darter (Percina oxyrhynchus) 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 southern tributaries of upper Ohio River, to the Kentucky River in Kentucky, south in the New River drainage to North Carolina. It prefers gravel runs and riffles of small to medium-sized rivers.[2]
References[]
- ^ NatureServe (2013). "Percina oxyrhynchus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T202587A18234907. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T202587A18234907.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Percina oxyrhynchus" in FishBase. December 2019 version.
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Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Percina
- Fish described in 1939
- Taxa named by Carl Leavitt Hubbs
- Taxa named by Edward Cowden Raney
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