Saddleback darter (Percina vigil)

Scientific name: Percina vigil Hay, 1882

Saddleback darter (Percina vigil)

The Saddleback darter (Percina vigil) is a freshwater fish of the family Percidae.

Biology

Inhabits sand and gravel runs of creeks and small to medium rivers, sometimes in very shallow water. Feeds on pleurocerid (Leptoxis) river snails, hydropsychid caddisfly larvae, midge larvae, and small mayfly nymphs, such as baetids.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Percina vigil
Family
Percidae (Perches)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
7.8
Common length
4.8
Environment
Freshwater; benthopelagic
Climate
Temperate
Distribution
North America: Mississippi River basin from southwestern Indiana and southeastern Missouri to Louisiana in the USA; Gulf Slope from Escambia River drainage in Alabama and Florida to Mississippi River in Louisiana. The name Percina vigil replaces Percina ouachitae.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (tmax=2)

Sources

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

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