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Slenderhead darter (Percina phoxocephala)
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Slenderhead darter (Percina phoxocephala) specimen
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Percidae

Slenderhead darter

Percina phoxocephala

Percid Fish Reaching Nine Point Six Centimeters

  • Temperate
  • Northern Hemisphere
  • Restricted distribution
  • Freshwater fish
  • North America
  • Small
  • Temperate fish

Slenderhead darter is known from North America as a freshwater fish. It occurs in freshwater habitats.

Family
Percidae
Genus
Percina
Maximum length
9.6 cm
Water
Freshwater
Distribution
North America: found only in Mississippi River basin from Ohio to northeastern South Dakota and south to northern Alabama and southern Oklahoma in the USA; and in Lake Winnebago system (in Lake Michigan drainage) in Wisconsin, USA.
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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