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Stargazing darter

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Species of fish

Stargazing darter
Conservation status

Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Percidae
Genus: Percina
Species: P. uranidea
Binomial name
Percina uranidea
(Jordan & Gilbert, 1887)
Synonyms

Etheostoma uranidea Jordan & Gilbert, 1887

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.

Geographic distribution

Found in the St. Francis, White and Ouachita River drainages in Missouri, Arkansas and Louisiana; formerly in lower the Wabash River in Indiana and Illinois.

References

  1. 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.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Percina uranidea". FishBase. December 2019 version.
Taxon identifiers
Percina uranidea
Etheostoma uranidea


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