Percina lenticula
Percidae · freshwater water fish
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The freckled darter (Percina lenticula) 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.
They are found in the drainage systems of the Mobile Bay, Pascagoula, and Pearl Rivers in Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana.
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The FishTraits compilation records these diet categories for this species: invertebrates or larval fish. These are broad categories, not a claim that every individual consumes every example in a category.
Reported feeding positions include bottom feeding. The compilation combines published observations; diets can vary with age, locality, and available food.
Reported habitat associations include medium to large rivers, streams and small rivers.
The source records associations with gravel, cobble, boulders, bedrock, vegetation, large woody material. An association indicates reported use, rather than an exclusive requirement.
Recorded spawning months are Feb, Mar, Apr for the source’s reporting region (MS). This is a regional calendar, not a range-wide schedule.
FishTraits reports a maximum total length of 13 centimetres. Some entries use an estimated asymptotic length; this value should not be treated as a certified record catch.
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