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Channel Darter

Percina copelandi

Classification

Family
Percidae

The channel darter (Percina copelandi) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish, a darter from the subfamily Etheostomatinae, part of the family Percidae, which also contains the perches, ruffes and pikeperches. It is native to North America where it typically occurs in the sandy or gravelly shallows of lakes and in small and medium-sized rivers in riffles over sand, gravel or rock bottoms. It is a small fish ranging from 34 to 72 mm (1.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 155Canada · 31