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Muscadine Darter

Percina smithvanizi

About This Fish

The Muscadine Darter is found in upland streams in the Tallapoosa River System of the Mobile Basin in Alabama and Georgia. They live over gravel substrate in pools and the heads of riffles in creeks to medium rivers. While most darters are found on stream bottoms, members of the genus Percina tend to be found higher in the water column because they retain a swim bladder.

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Alabama (AL), Georgia (GA)

Upper Tallapoosa – 03150108, Middle Tallapoosa – 03150109, Lower Tallapoosa – 03150110

Literature

Johnston, C.E., K.J. Kleiner, and S.J. Herrington. 2002. Seasonal, diel, and spawning habitat of the rare muscadine darter (Percina sp.) in the Conasauga River, Georgia. Southeastern Fishes Council Proceedings. 44:1-5. https://trace.tennessee.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1139&context=sfcproceedings

Wieland, W., and J.S. Ramsey. 1987. Ecology of the Muscadine Darter, Percina sp. Cf. P. Macrocephala, in the Tallapoosa River, Alabama, with Comments on Related Species. Southeastern Fishes Council Proceedings. 17:5-11. https://trace.tennessee.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1203&context=sfcproceedings

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