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Tangerine darter (Percina aurantiaca)
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Tangerine darter (Percina aurantiaca) specimen
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Percidae

Tangerine darter

Percina aurantiaca

Percid Fish Reaching Eighteen Centimeters

  • Brown
  • Temperate
  • Upper river
  • Northern Hemisphere
  • Restricted distribution
  • Freshwater fish
  • North America
  • West Asia
  • Medium
  • Temperate fish

Tangerine darter is a freshwater fish of North America. The species occupies freshwater habitats. The largest recorded length is 18 cm.

Family
Percidae
Genus
Percina
Maximum length
18 cm
Water
Freshwater
Distribution
North America: found only in the upper Tennessee River drainage in Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee and Georgia, USA.
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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