Percidae

Halloween Darter

Percina crypta

Seven Point Three Centimeters Percid Fish

• Temperate
• Northern Hemisphere
• Local endemic species
• Restricted distribution
• Freshwater fish
• North America
• West Asia
• Elongated
• Small
• Temperate fish

The Halloween darter (Percina crypta) is a small freshwater fish native to North America. It is found in Georgia and Alabama in the drainage basin of the Apalachicola River, specifically in the Flint River system and the Chattahoochee River system. It prefers shallow, fast-flowing areas with gravel bottoms in small and medium-sized rivers.