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Muscadine Darter
Percina smithvanizi
Percidae · freshwater water fish
1 minute read · Species guide
About Muscadine Darter
The muscadine darter (Percina smithvanizi) is a small freshwater 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 found in streams above the Fall Line in the Tallapoosa River system in eastern Alabama and western Georgia. It prefers gravel runs and riffles of small to medium-sized rivers. The specific name honors the American ichthyologist William F. Smith-Vaniz for his contributions to ichthyology and for the writing the first book on the Freshwater Fishes of Alabama.
Range
Where it lives
0%
86.5%of mapped records
Share of records by state
Habitat
Water and movement
- Water
- WoRMS records this species in fresh water.
- Migration
- Undetermined
Classification
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Superclass
- Actinopterygii
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Perciformes
- Family
- Percidae
- Genus
- Percina
- Species
- Percina smithvanizi
- ITIS TSN
- 1118258
- WoRMS AphiaID
- 1008717
- GBIF key
- 2382094
Common questions about Muscadine Darter
What is the scientific name of Muscadine Darter?
The scientific name is Percina smithvanizi, in the family Percidae. Classification follows ITIS.
Does Muscadine Darter live in fresh water or salt water?
WoRMS records this species in fresh water.
Where has Muscadine Darter been recorded in the United States?
GBIF has observations in 4 states, with the most records in Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi. The map shows observation records, which do not establish the complete natural range.
Closest relatives
Other Percina species
Amber Darter3 states
Percina antesellaPercidaeNativeFresh
Appalachia Darter3 states
Percina gymnocephalaPercidaeNativeFresh
Bankhead Darter1 states
Percina sipsiPercidaeNativeFresh
Bigscale Logperch7 states
Percina macrolepidaPercidaeNative and introducedFresh
Blackbanded Darter10 states
Percina nigrofasciataPercidaeNativeFresh
Blackside Darter28 states
Percina maculataPercidaeNativeFresh
Blotchside Logperch17 states
Percina burtoniPercidaeNativeFresh
Bluestripe Darter4 states
Percina cymatotaeniaPercidaeNativeFresh
Bridled Darter2 states
Percina kushaPercidaeNativeFresh
Bronze Darter3 states
Percina palmarisPercidaeNativeFresh
Channel Darter19 states
Percina copelandiPercidaeNativeFresh
Chesapeake Logperch2 states
Percina bimaculataPercidaeNativeFresh
Coal Darter1 states
Percina brevicaudaPercidaeNativeFresh
Conasauga Logperch2 states
Percina jenkinsiPercidaeNativeFresh
Dusky Darter19 states
Percina scieraPercidaeNativeFresh
Frecklebelly Darter2 states
Percina stictogasterPercidaeNativeFresh
Freckled Darter4 states
Percina lenticulaPercidaeNativeFresh
Gilt Darter18 states
Percina evidesPercidaeNativeFresh
Goldline Darter2 states
Percina aurolineataPercidaeNativeFresh
Guadalupe Darter1 states
Percina apristisPercidaeNativeFresh
Gulf Logperch4 states
Percina suttkusiPercidaeNativeFreshBrackish
Halloween Darter2 states
Percina cryptaPercidaeNativeFresh
Leopard Darter2 states
Percina pantherinaPercidaeNativeFresh
Logperch31 states
Percina caprodesPercidaeNative and introducedFresh
Same family
More Percidae
Alabama Darter3 states
Etheostoma ramseyiPercidaeNativeFresh
Amber Darter3 states
Percina antesellaPercidaeNativeFresh
Appalachia Darter3 states
Percina gymnocephalaPercidaeNativeFresh
Arkansas Darter5 states
Etheostoma craginiPercidaeNative and introducedFresh
Arkansas Saddled Darter3 states
Etheostoma euzonumPercidaeNativeFresh
Arrow Darter3 states
Etheostoma sagittaPercidaeNativeFresh
Ashy Darter5 states
Allohistium cinereumPercidaeNativeFresh
Autumn Darter2 states
Etheostoma autumnalePercidaeNativeFresh
Backwater Darter3 states
Etheostoma zoniferPercidaeNativeFresh
Banded Darter24 states
Etheostoma zonalePercidaeNative and introducedFresh
Bandfin Darter4 states
Etheostoma zonistiumPercidaeNativeFresh
Bankhead Darter1 states
Percina sipsiPercidaeNativeFresh
Barcheek Darter2 states
Etheostoma obeyensePercidaeNativeFresh
Barrens Darter2 states
Etheostoma forbesiPercidaeNativeFresh
Bayou Darter1 states
Nothonotus rubrusPercidaeNative
Beaded Darter1 states
Etheostoma clintonPercidaeNativeFresh
Bigscale Logperch7 states
Percina macrolepidaPercidaeNative and introducedFresh
Black Darter6 states
Etheostoma duryiPercidaeNativeFresh
Blackbanded Darter10 states
Percina nigrofasciataPercidaeNativeFresh
Blackfin Darter3 states
Etheostoma nigripinnePercidaeNativeFresh
Blackside Darter28 states
Percina maculataPercidaeNativeFresh
Blenny Darter3 states
Etheostoma blenniusPercidaeNativeFresh
Bloodfin Darter4 states
Nothonotus sanguifluusPercidaeNativeFresh
Blotchside Logperch17 states
Percina burtoniPercidaeNativeFresh