The stargazing darter (Percina uranidea) 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 endemic to the United States.
| Stargazing darter | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Percidae |
| Genus: | Percina |
| Species: | P. uranidea
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| Binomial name | |
| Percina uranidea | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Etheostoma uranidea Jordan & Gilbert, 1887 | |
Geographic distribution edit
Found in the St. Francis, White and Ouachita River drainages in Missouri, Arkansas and Louisiana; formerly in lower the Wabash River in Indiana and Illinois.[2]
References edit
- ^ NatureServe (2014). "Percina uranidea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T16596A19034712. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T16596A19034712.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Percina uranidea" in FishBase. December 2019 version.
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