Percina oxyrhynchus
Percina oxyrhynchus (Hubbs & Raney, 1939)
Sharpnose darter
photo by N. Burkhead & R. Jenkins, courtesy of VDGIF


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Family:  Percidae (Perches), subfamily: Etheostomatinae
Max. size:  12 cm TL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  benthopelagic; freshwater
Distribution:  North America: southern tributaries of Ohio River from Monongahela River in Pennsylvania to Kentucky River in Kentucky, south in New River drainage to North Carolina in the USA.
Diagnosis:   
Biology:  Adults inhabit fast boulder riffles and runs of small to medium rivers (Ref. 5723). Migratory behaviour is undetermined (Ref. 126106).
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 01 March 2012 Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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