Dusky Darter

Percina sciera

About This Fish

The Dusky Darter is found in Gulf Coast drainages from Texas to Alabama, including the Mobile Basin, as well as in the Mississippi and Ohio river drainages from Illinois to West Virginia, including the Tennessee and Cumberland river drainages. They live over gravel in fast water in creeks to medium rivers in association with structure. As the common name suggests, Dusky Darters have dark pigmentation on the upper half of their head and body. 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), Tennessee (TN), Mississippi (MS), Kentucky (KY), Virginia (VA)

Middle Alabama – 03150203, Lower Alabama – 03150204, Upper Tombigbee – 03160101, Town – 03160102, Buttahatchee – 03160103, Tibbee – 03160104, Luxapallila – 03160105, Middle Tombigbee-Lubbub – 03160106, Sipsey – 03160107, Noxubee – 03160108, Sipsey Fork – 03160110, Upper Black Warrior – 03160112, Lower Black Warrior – 03160113, Middle Tombigbee-Chickasaw – 03160201, Sucarnoochee – 03160202, Lower Tombigbee – 03160203, Rockcastle – 05130102, Upper Cumberland-Lake Cumberland – 05130103, South Fork Cumberland – 05130104, Obey – 05130105, Upper Cumberland-Cordell Hull Reservior – 05130106, Lower Cumberland-Old Hickory Lake – 05130201, Harpeth – 05130204, Lower Cumberland – 05130205, Red – 05130206, Holston – 06010104, Upper French Board – 06010105, Lower French Board – 06010107, Watts Bar Lake – 06010201, Lower Little Tennessee – 06010204, Upper Clinch, Tennessee, Virginia – 06010205, Powell – 06010206, Lower Clinch – 06010207, Emory – 06010208, Middle Tennessee-Chickamauga – 06020001, Hiwassee – 06020002, Ocoee – 06020003, Sequatchie – 06020004, Guntersville Lake – 06030001, Wheeler Lake – 06030002, Lower Elk – 06030004, Pickwick Lake – 06030005, Bear – 06030006, Lower Tennessee-Beech – 06040001, Upper Duck – 06040002, Lower Duck – 06040003, Buffalo – 06040004, Kentucky Lake – 06040005, Lower Tennessee – 06040006

Dusky Darter

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