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Percina freemanorum

Near and Dinkins, 2021

Etowah Bridled Darter

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Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.1216415
Element CodeAFCQC04520
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryVertebrate Animal
Endemicendemic to a single state or province
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumCraniata
ClassActinopterygii
OrderPerciformes
FamilyPercidae
GenusPercina
Concept Reference
Near, T.J., D.J. MacGuigan, E.L Boring, J.W. Simmons, B. Albanese, B.P. Keck, R.C. Harrington, and G.R. Dinkins. 2021. A new species of Bridled Darter endemic to the Etowah River System in Georgia (Percidae: Etheostomatinae: Percina). Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 62(1): 15-42.
Taxonomic Comments
Percina freemanorum is recognized as distinct from P. kusha based on analyses of morphological divergence, nuclear genotypes, and mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) haplotype networks (Near et al. 2021).
Conservation Status
Range Extent250-1000 square km (about 100-400 square miles)
Number of Occurrences6 - 20
Range Extent Comments
This species is endemic to the upper portion of the Etowah River system in Dawson, Lumpkin, and Pickens Counties, Georgia, USA (Near et al. 2021).
Occurrences Comments
This species is represented by several distinct occurrences (subpopulations) in the upper Etowah River, Long Swamp Creek, and Amicalola Creek systems (Near et al. 2021).
Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

Habitat includes small rivers and lower reaches of tributary creeks with good water quality, moderate gradient, and substrates of sand, gravel, cobble and bedrock (Near et al. 2021).

Reproduction

Likely similar to Percina kusha which spawns between mid-May and at least the third week in June (Near et al. 2021)
Other Nations (1)
United StatesNNR
ProvinceRankNative
GeorgiaS1Yes
Roadless Areas (1)
Georgia (1)
AreaForestAcres
Lance CreekChattahoochee National Forest9,025
References (3)
  1. Mettee, M. F., P. E. O'Neil, and J. M. Pierson. 1996. Fishes of Alabama and the Mobile Basin. Oxmoor House, Birmingham, Alabama. 820 pp.
  2. Near, T.J., D.J. MacGuigan, E.L Boring, J.W. Simmons, B. Albanese, B.P. Keck, R.C. Harrington, and G.R. Dinkins. 2021. A new species of Bridled Darter endemic to the Etowah River System in Georgia (Percidae: Etheostomatinae: <i>Percina</i>). Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 62(1): 15-42.
  3. Page, L. M., K. E. Bemis, T. E. Dowling, H.S. Espinosa-Pérez, L.T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, K. E. Hartel, R. N. Lea, N. E. Mandrak, M. A. Neigbors, J. J. Schmitter-Soto, and H. J. Walker, Jr. 2023. Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Eighth edition. American Fisheries Society (AFS), Special Publication 37, Bethesda, Maryland, 439 pp.