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Ozark Logperch

Percina fulvitaenia

Percidae · freshwater water fish

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Ozark Logperch field guide illustration

About Ozark Logperch

The Ozark logperch (Percina fulvitaenia) 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 found in North America in the Meramec River, the southern tributaries of the Missouri River in Missouri and Kansas, and the Arkansas River system in Arkansas, Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma. It prefers gravel runs and riffles of small to medium-sized rivers.

NativeFresh5 states

Range

Where it lives

Share of 327 GBIF observation records with a state location, across 5 states.
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Share of 327 GBIF observation records with a state location, across 5 states.

Share of records by state

Habitat

Water and movement

Water
WoRMS records this species in fresh water.

Classification

Taxonomy

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Superclass
Actinopterygii
Class
Teleostei
Order
Perciformes
Family
Percidae
Genus
Percina
Species
Percina fulvitaenia
ITIS TSN
1118261
WoRMS AphiaID
1012335
GBIF key
2382082

Common questions about Ozark Logperch

What is the scientific name of Ozark Logperch?
The scientific name is Percina fulvitaenia, in the family Percidae. Classification follows ITIS.
Does Ozark Logperch live in fresh water or salt water?
WoRMS records this species in fresh water.
Where has Ozark Logperch been recorded in the United States?
GBIF has observations in 5 states, with the most records in Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma. 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

All 229 species in Percidae