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Percina maculata

(Girard, 1859)

Blackside Darter

G5Secure Found in 1 roadless area NatureServe Explorer →
G5SecureGlobal Rank
Least concernIUCN
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.106566
Element CodeAFCQC04140
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryVertebrate Animal
IUCNLeast concern
Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumCraniata
ClassActinopterygii
OrderPerciformes
FamilyPercidae
GenusPercina
Synonyms
Hadropterus maculatus(Girard, 1859)
Other Common Names
Dard noir (FR)
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.
Conservation Status
Rank MethodExpertise without calculation
Review Date2015-08-17
Change Date1996-09-24
Edition Date2013-02-19
Edition AuthorsHammerson, G.
Range Extent200,000-2,500,000 square km (about 80,000-1,000,000 square miles)
Number of Occurrences81 - 300
Range Extent Comments
Range includes the Great Lakes, Hudson Bay, and Mississippi River basins, from southern Ontario and New York to southeastern Saskatchewan and south to Louisiana; Gulf drainages from Mobile Bay, Alabama, to Neches River (Sabine River drainage, Texas (Page and Burr 2011). This is one of the most common and widespread darters (Page and Burr 2011).
Occurrences Comments
This species is represented by a large number of subpopulations and locations.
Threat Impact Comments
Localized threats may exist, but on a range-wide scale no major threats are known.
Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

Creeks and small to medium rivers; prefers quiet pools and pools with some current, over gravel or sand bottoms. Spawns in small headwater streams; eggs are laid in gravel or sand of pools or raceways in 30-60 cm of water.

Ecology

May reach density of 650/surface ha (Kuehne and Barbour 1983).

Reproduction

Spawns April to June. Eggs hatch in about 6 days. Sexually mature usually in 2 years, rarely in 1 year (Becker 1983). Oldest breeding females generally are 4 years old (Bart and Page 1992).
Other Nations (2)
CanadaN5
ProvinceRankNative
SaskatchewanS3Yes
OntarioS4Yes
ManitobaS5Yes
United StatesN5
ProvinceRankNative
MinnesotaSNRYes
MississippiS5Yes
North DakotaSNRYes
IndianaS5Yes
TennesseeS5Yes
TexasS1Yes
KentuckyS4Yes
AlabamaS5Yes
OhioS5Yes
MissouriSNRYes
LouisianaS4Yes
West VirginiaS5Yes
NebraskaSXYes
IowaS3Yes
MichiganS5Yes
KansasS1Yes
ArkansasS4Yes
VirginiaS1Yes
OklahomaS2Yes
South DakotaS3Yes
New YorkS3Yes
WisconsinS5Yes
PennsylvaniaS5Yes
IllinoisS5Yes
Threat Assessments
ThreatScopeSeverityTiming
No known threats———

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Roadless Areas (1)
Arkansas (1)
AreaForestAcres
East ForkOzark-St. Francis National Forest13,037
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