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Slenderhead Darter

Percina phoxocephala

Classification

Family
Percidae

Percina phoxocephala, the slenderhead darter, 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 found in North America in the central Ohio and Mississippi River basins, to northeastern South Dakota and the Lake Winnebago system in Wisconsin, and as far south as the Red River in eastern Oklahoma and northeast Texas, and as far east as southwest Minnesota and Central Kansas, Found typically in small to medium size rivers. It is a colorful species, with an average…

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 301