Percina nasuta
Longnose Darter
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Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fishes)
Perciformes (Perciformes, Also Called the Acanthopteri)
Percidae (Perches)
Percina
Percina nasuta (Longnose Darter)
Description
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Characters
Body shape: elongated.
Distribution
North America: Ozark and Ouachita Uplands (St. Francis, White, Arkansas and Ouachita River drainages) in Missouri, Arkansas and Oklahoma, USA.
Habitat Associations
Freshwater. benthopelagic.
Biology
Occurs in gravel runs and riffles of small to medium clear rivers.
Max length: 11.0 cm TL; common length: 7.9 cm TL.
Reproductive mode: dioecism; fertilization: external; nonguarders (open water/substratum egg scatterers); parental care: none.
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC), assessed 2012-08-02. Resilience: High (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
References
Breder, C.M. and D.E. Rosen (1966) Modes of reproduction in fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, New Jersey. 941 p.
Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr (1991) A field guide to freshwater fishes of North America north of Mexico. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston. 432 p.
Robison, H.W., R.C. Cashner, M.E. Raley and T.J. Near (2014) A new species of darter from the Ouachita Highlands in Arkansas related to Percina nasuta (Percidae: Etheostomatinae). Bull. Peabody Mus. Nat. Hist. 55(2):237-252.
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