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Percina gymnocephala

Beckham, 1980

Appalachia Darter

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G4Apparently SecureGlobal Rank
Least concernIUCN
UnknownThreat Impact
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.102103
Element CodeAFCQC04100
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryVertebrate Animal
IUCNLeast concern
Endemicendemic to a single nation
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumCraniata
ClassActinopterygii
OrderPerciformes
FamilyPercidae
GenusPercina
Concept Reference
Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea, and W.B. Scott. 1991. Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society, Special Publication 20. 183 pp.
Taxonomic Comments
Previously regarded as a population of Percina maculata.
Conservation Status
Review Date2001-09-07
Change Date2001-09-07
Edition Date2001-09-07
Edition AuthorsRoble, S., and G. Hammerson (2001)
Threat ImpactUnknown
Range Extent5000-200,000 square km (about 2000-80,000 square miles)
Number of Occurrences21 - 80
Rank Reasons
Occurs in the New River system above Kanawha Falls, North Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia; fairly common; currently stable.
Range Extent Comments
New River system above Kanawha Falls, North Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia; fairly common (Page and Burr 1991).
Occurrences Comments
Jenkins and Burkhead (1994) mapped about 38 collection sites in Virginia; probably these represent at least a dozen distinct occurrences. In Virginia, generally distributed in the Blue Ridge Province, occupies the New River and only a few tributaries in the Valley and Ridge (Jenkins and Burkhead 1994).
Threat Impact Comments
Localized threats may exist, but on a range-wide scale no major threats are known.
Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

Small to medium rivers, in gravel and rubble riffles and raceways in spring and early summer, in slower deeper waters for remainder of year.

Reproduction

Females from Little River, Virginia, appeared to have spawned by mid-May (Kuehne and Barbour 1983).
Other Nations (1)
United StatesN4
ProvinceRankNative
VirginiaS3Yes
North CarolinaS2Yes
West VirginiaS2Yes
Roadless Areas (1)
West Virginia (1)
AreaForestAcres
East Fork Of GreenbrierMonongahela National Forest7,167
References (12)
  1. Beckham, E.C. 1980. Systematics and redescription of the blackside darter, <i>Percina maculata</i> (Girard), (Pisces: Percidae). Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology Louisiana State University No. 57.
  2. Jenkins, R. E., and N. M. Burkhead. 1994. Freshwater fishes of Virginia. American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, Maryland. xxiii + 1079 pp.
  3. Kuehne, R. A., and R. W. Barbour. 1983. The American Darters. University Press of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky. 177 pp.
  4. LeGrand, Harry (North Carolina Natural Heritage Program). 1997. Review and annotation of fish and mussel watershed distribution maps. Review requested by Ruth Mathews, TNC. September 1997.
  5. Nelson, J. S., E. J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Perez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, R. N. Lea, and J. D. Williams. 2004. Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico. American Fisheries Society, Special Publication 29, Bethesda, Maryland. 386 pp.
  6. Page, L. M. 1983a. Handbook of Darters. T. F. H. Publications, Inc., Neptune City, New Jersey. 271 pp.
  7. Page, L. M., and B. M. Burr. 1991. A field guide to freshwater fishes: North America north of Mexico. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, Massachusetts. 432 pp.
  8. Page, L. M., and B. M. Burr. 2011. Peterson field guide to freshwater fishes of North America north of Mexico. Second edition. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Boston. xix + 663 pp.
  9. Page, L. M., H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, R. N. Lea, N. E. Mandrak, R. L. Mayden, and J. S. Nelson. 2013. Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Seventh edition. American Fisheries Society, Special Publication 34, Bethesda, Maryland.
  10. 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.
  11. Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea, and W.B. Scott. 1991. Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society, Special Publication 20. 183 pp.
  12. Stauffer, J. R., Jr., J. M. Boltz, and L. R. White. 1995. The fishes of West Virginia. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 146:1-389.