Freckled Darter

Percina lenticula

About This Fish

The Freckled Darter is found in the Pearl, Pascagoula, and Mobile Basin drainages from Louisiana to Georgia. They live over rocky substrate in deep, fast water near structure in small to large rivers. As the common name suggests, Freckled Darters have freckles on their belly. These are the largest darter, reaching 8 inches! 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.

Percina lenticula Cahaba River 2 August 2005

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Georgia (GA), Alabama (AL), Mississippi (MS)

Conasauga – 03150101, Etowah – 03150104, Lower Coosa – 03150107, Lower Tallapoosa – 03150110, Cahaba – 03150202, Middle Alabama – 03150203, Lower Alabama – 03150204, Upper Tombigbee – 03160101, Buttahatchee – 03160103, Luxapallila – 03160105, Sipsey – 03160107, Noxubee – 03160108, Sucarnoochee – 03160202

Literature

Freeman, B.J., C.A. Straight, P.A. Marcinek, S. Wenger, M.M. Hagler, and M.C. Freeman. 2003. Distribution and status of the “Coosa” madtom (Noturus sp. cf. N. munitus) and freckled darter (Percina lenticula) in Georgia. Report submitted to US Geological Survey, Athens, Georgia. 59.

Richards, W.J., and L.W. Knapp. 1964. Percina lenticula, a new percid fish, with a redescription of the subgenus Hadropterus. Copeia. 690-701. https://www.jstor.org/stable/1441446

Freckled Darter

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