Blackside darter (Percina maculata)

Scientific name: Percina maculata Girard, 1859

Blackside darter (Percina maculata)

The Blackside darter (Percina maculata) is a freshwater fish of the family Percidae.

Biology

Inhabit pools of creeks and small to medium rivers, usually with moderate current and gravel or sand bottoms. Adults feed on dipterans such as midge and blackfly larvae; mayfly nymphs are second of importance, followed by caddisfly larvae. Eggs are found buried in the substrate.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Percina maculata
Family
Percidae (Perches)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
11.0
Common length
5.9
Environment
Freshwater; benthopelagic
Climate
Temperate
Distribution
North America: Great Lakes, Hudson Bay, and Mississippi River basins from southern Ontario in Canada and from New York in the USA to southeastern Saskatchewan in Canada and south to Louisiana in the USA; Gulf drainages from Mobile Bay in Alabama to Calcasieu River in Louisiana, USA.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Resilience
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (tmax=4; Fec=1000-1758)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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