Tennessee logperch
| Tennessee logperch | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Percidae |
| Genus: | Percina |
| Species: | P. apina |
| Binomial name | |
| Percina apina Simmons, 2017 | |
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
[edit]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
[edit]- ↑ "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
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