Tennessee logperch
| Tennessee logperch | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Percidae |
| Genus: | Percina |
| Species: | P. apina
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| Binomial name | |
| Percina apina Simmons, 2017
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The Tennessee logperch (Percina apina) is a freshwater fish in the perch family found in the Duck River and White Oak Creek in Middle Tennessee.[1][2] The fish was first identified in 1971 as the Blotchside Logperch (Percina burtoni), but was found to be its own species in 2006.
Description
The fish primarily varies from the Blotchside Logperch in its average scale count and pigmentation. Percina apina has a larger average number of lateral line scales and transverse scales. The pigmented spots along the Tennessee Logperch are on average wider and shorter than the spots on the Blotchside Logperch.[3]
References
- ^ "New fish discovered in Middle Tennessee's Duck River watershed". Nooga.com. 29 November 2017. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
- ^ Tretter, Liz (27 November 2017). "TVA Discovers New Fish Species in Tennessee River Watershed". WEKU. Archived from the original on November 28, 2017. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
- ^ Thomas J. Near, Jeffrey W. Simmons, Jon Michael Mollish, Maria A. Correa, Edgar Benavides, Richard C. Harrington, and Benjamin P. Keck "A New Species of Logperch Endemic to Tennessee (Percidae: Etheostomatinae: Percina)," Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 58(2), 287-309, (1 October 2017). https://doi.org/10.3374/014.058.0203