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Percina macrocephala (Longhead Darter)

Synonyms: Etheostoma macrocephalum
Language: Danish; Mandarin Chinese

Wikipedia Abstract

The common name of Percina macrocephala is the longhead darter. It is one of the 324 fish species found in Tennessee.
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Attributes

Adult Length [1]  4.724 inches (12 cm)
Brood Dispersal [1]  In the open
Brood Egg Substrate [1]  Lithophils (rock-gravel)
Brood Guarder [1]  No
Litter Size [1]  800
Maximum Longevity [1]  4 years
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates)
Female Maturity [1]  1 year 6 months

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Great Smoky Mountains National Park II 515454 North Carolina, Tennessee, United States
Obed Wild and Scenic River National River and Wild and Scenic Riverway V 5268 Tennessee, United States
Southern Appalachian Biosphere Reserve 37548505 North Carolina, Tennessee, United States  

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Leptorhynchoides thecatus[3]

Range Map

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Frimpong, E.A., and P. L. Angermeier. 2009. FishTraits: a database of ecological and life-history traits of freshwater fishes of the United States. Fisheries 34:487-495.
♦ 2Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
♦ 3Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0