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Family: Percidae Perches



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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Ammocrypta beanii Naked sand darter North America 7.2 TL 1877
Ammocrypta bifascia Florida sand darter North America 7.7 TL 1975
Ammocrypta clara Western sand darter North America 7.1 TL 1885
Ammocrypta meridiana Southern sand darter North America 7 TL 1975
Ammocrypta pellucida Eastern sand darter North America 8.4 TL 1863
Ammocrypta vivax Scaly sand darter North America 7.3 TL 1882
Crystallaria asprella Crystal darter North America 16 TL 1878
Crystallaria cincotta Diamond darter North America 7.7 SL 2008
Etheostoma acuticeps Sharphead darter North America 8.4 TL 1959
Etheostoma akatulo Bluemask darter North America 4.8 SL 2009
Etheostoma artesiae Redspot darter North America 8 SL 1881
Etheostoma asprigene Mud darter North America 7.1 TL 1878
Etheostoma atripinne Cumberland snubnose darter North America 6 SL 1877
Etheostoma australe Conchos darter North America 5.5 TL 1889
Etheostoma autumnale North America 2010
Etheostoma baileyi Emerald darter North America 5.6 TL 1982
Etheostoma barbouri Teardrop darter North America 6 TL 1971
Etheostoma barrenense Splendid darter North America 6.4 TL 1982
Etheostoma basilare Corrugated darter North America 5.5 SL 2003
Etheostoma bellator Warrior darter North America 1993
Etheostoma bellum Orangefin darter North America 9 TL 1968
Etheostoma bison Buffalo darter North America 1997
Etheostoma blennioides Greenside darter North America 17 TL 1819
Etheostoma blennius Blenny darter North America 8.3 TL 1887
Etheostoma boschungi Slackwater darter North America 7.8 TL 1974
Etheostoma brevirostrum Holiday darter North America 5.8 TL 1991
Etheostoma brevispinum Carolina fantail darter North America 6.3 SL 1926
Etheostoma burri Brook Darter North America 1997
Etheostoma caeruleum Rainbow darter North America 7.7 TL 1845
Etheostoma camurum Bluebreast darter North America 8.4 TL 1870
Etheostoma cervus Chickasaw darter North America 5.2 SL 2003
Etheostoma chermocki Vermilion darter North America 1992
Etheostoma chienense Relict darter North America 7.1 SL 1992
Etheostoma chlorobranchium Greenfin darter North America 10 TL 1972
Etheostoma chlorosomum Bluntnose darter North America 6 TL 1881
Etheostoma chuckwachatte Lipstick darter North America 1993
Etheostoma cinereum Ashy darter North America 12 TL 1845
Etheostoma clinton Beaded darter North America 3.5 SL 2012
Etheostoma collettei Creole darter North America 7.4 TL 1969
Etheostoma collis Carolina darter North America 6 TL 1935
Etheostoma colorosum Coastal darter North America 1993
Etheostoma coosae Coosa darter North America 7.2 TL 1945
Etheostoma corona Crown darter North America 7.8 TL 1992
Etheostoma cragini Arkansas darter North America 6 TL 1885
Etheostoma crossopterum Fringed darter North America 10 TL 1985
Etheostoma cyanoprosopum Blueface darter North America 4.9 SL 2017
Etheostoma davisoni Choctawhatchee darter North America 6.1 TL 1885
Etheostoma denoncourti Golden darter North America 2.9 SL 1997
Etheostoma derivativum Stone darter North America 5.7 SL 2003
Etheostoma ditrema Coldwater darter North America 5.4 TL 1965
Etheostoma douglasi Tuskaloossa darter North America 1993
Etheostoma duryi Subnose darter North America 7.2 TL 1889
Etheostoma edwini Brown darter North America 5.3 TL 1935
Etheostoma erythrozonum Meramec Saddled Darter North America 7.1 SL 2009
Etheostoma etnieri Cherry darter North America 7.7 TL 1977
Etheostoma etowahae Etowah darter North America 1993
Etheostoma euzonum Arkansas saddled darter North America 12 TL 1940
Etheostoma exile Iowa darter North America 7.2 TL 1859
Etheostoma flabellare Fantail darter North America 8.4 TL 1819
Etheostoma flavum Saffron darter North America 7 TL 1989
Etheostoma fonticola Fountain darter North America 4.3 TL 1886
Etheostoma forbesi Barrens darter North America 7.4 SL 1992
Etheostoma fragi Strawberry darter North America 1968
Etheostoma fricksium Savannah darter North America 7.4 TL 1923
Etheostoma fusiforme Swamp darter North America 5.9 TL 1854
Etheostoma gore Cumberland darter North America 4.3 SL 2012
Etheostoma gracile Slough darter North America 6 TL 1859
Etheostoma grahami Rio Grande darter North America 6 TL 1859
Etheostoma gutselli Tuckasegee darter North America 1932
Etheostoma histrio Harlequin darter North America 7.7 TL 1887
Etheostoma hopkinsi Christmas darter North America 6.6 TL 1945
Etheostoma inscriptum Turquoise darter North America 8 TL 1878
Etheostoma jessiae Blueside darter North America 6.8 TL 1878
Etheostoma jimmycarter Bluegrass darter North America 4.9 SL 2012
Etheostoma jordani Greenbreast darter North America 7.9 TL 1891
Etheostoma juliae Yoke darter North America 7.8 TL 1891
Etheostoma kanawhae Kanawha darter North America 8.6 TL 1941
Etheostoma kantuckeense Highland Rim Darter North America 5.6 SL 1997
Etheostoma kennicotti Stripetail darter North America 8.3 TL 1863
Etheostoma lachneri Tombigbee darter North America 1994
Etheostoma lawrencei Headwater darter North America 6.2 SL 2002
Etheostoma lemniscatum Tuxedo Darter North America 5.4 SL 2008
Etheostoma lepidum Greenthroat darter North America 6.6 TL 1853
Etheostoma longimanum Longfin darter North America 8.9 TL 1888
Etheostoma lugoi Tufa darter Central America 3.8 SL 1997
Etheostoma luteovinctum Redband darter North America 6.8 TL 1887
Etheostoma lynceum Brighteye darter North America 6.4 TL 1885
Etheostoma maculatum Spotted darter North America 9 TL 1840
Etheostoma mariae Pinewoods darter North America 7.6 TL 1947
Etheostoma marmorpinnum Marbled Darter North America 4.1 SL 2008
Etheostoma maydeni Redlips Darter North America 8.0 SL 2012
Etheostoma microperca Least darter North America 4.4 TL 1888
Etheostoma mihileze North America 2010
Etheostoma moorei Yellowcheek darter North America 7.2 TL 1964
Etheostoma nebra North America 6.1 SL 2015
Etheostoma neopterum Lollipop darter North America 8.9 TL 1978
Etheostoma nianguae Niangua darter North America 13 TL 1887
Etheostoma nigripinne Blackfin darter North America 8.8 TL 1985
Etheostoma nigrum Johnny darter North America 7.2 TL 1820
Etheostoma nuchale Watercress darter North America 5.4 TL 1965
Etheostoma obama Spangled darter North America 4.8 SL 2012
Etheostoma obeyense Barcheek darter North America 8.4 TL 1892
Etheostoma occidentale North America 2007
Etheostoma okaloosae Okaloosa darter North America 5.3 TL 1941
Etheostoma olivaceum Sooty darter North America 8 TL 1979
Etheostoma olmstedi Tessellated darter North America 11 TL 1842
Etheostoma oophylax Guardian darter North America 7.4 SL 1992
Etheostoma orientale North America 2007
Etheostoma osburni Candy darter North America 10 TL 1932
Etheostoma pallididorsum Paleback darter North America 6 TL 1962
Etheostoma parvipinne Goldstripe darter North America 6.7 TL 1887
Etheostoma percnurum Duskytail darter North America 1994
Etheostoma perlongum Waccamaw darter North America 9 TL 1946
Etheostoma phytophilum Rush darter North America 1999
Etheostoma planasaxatile North America 2007
Etheostoma podostemone Riverweed darter North America 7.6 TL 1889
Etheostoma pottsii Chihuahua darter Central America 5.5 TL 1859
Etheostoma proeliare Cypress darter North America 4.8 TL 1881
Etheostoma pseudovulatum Egg-mimic darter North America 6.1 SL 1992
Etheostoma punctulatum Stippled darter North America 10 TL 1854
Etheostoma pyrrhogaster Firebelly darter North America 7 TL 1988
Etheostoma radiosum Orangebelly darter North America 8.5 TL 1941
Etheostoma rafinesquei Kentucky darter North America 6.5 TL 1982
Etheostoma ramseyi Alabama darter North America 1994
Etheostoma raneyi Yazoo darter North America 1994
Etheostoma rubrum Bayou darter North America 5.5 TL 1966
Etheostoma rufilineatum Redline darter North America 8.4 TL 1870
Etheostoma rupestre Rock darter North America 8.3 TL 1887
Etheostoma sagitta Arrow darter North America 12 TL 1883
Etheostoma saludae Saluda darter North America 4.3 SL 1935
Etheostoma scotti Cherokee darter North America 1995
Etheostoma segrex Río Salado darter Central America 4.4 SL 1997
Etheostoma sellare Maryland darter North America 8.4 TL 1913
Etheostoma sequatchiense Sequatchie darter North America 1979
Etheostoma serrifer Sawcheek darter North America 6.8 TL 1935
Etheostoma simoterum Snubnose darter North America 7.7 TL 1868
Etheostoma sitikuense Citico Darter North America 5.0 SL 2008
Etheostoma smithi Slabrock darter North America 6.2 TL 1976
Etheostoma spectabile Orangethroat darter North America 7.2 TL 1854
Etheostoma spilotum Cumberland plateau darter North America 12 TL 1887
Etheostoma squamiceps Spottail darter North America 8.8 TL 1877
Etheostoma stigmaeum Speckled darter North America 6.1 TL 1877
Etheostoma striatulum Striated darter North America 5.6 TL 1977
Etheostoma susanae Cumberland darter North America 1883
Etheostoma swaini Gulf darter North America 7.8 TL 1884
Etheostoma swannanoa Swannanoa darter North America 9 TL 1889
Etheostoma tallapoosae Tallapoosa darter North America 1991
Etheostoma tecumsehi Shawnee darter North America 5.4 SL 1997
Etheostoma teddyroosevelt Highland darter North America 4.3 SL 2012
Etheostoma tennesseense North America 2007
Etheostoma tetrazonum Missouri saddled darter North America 9 TL 1940
Etheostoma thalassinum Seagreen darter North America 8 TL 1878
Etheostoma thompsoni Gumbo darter North America 6.1 SL 2012
Etheostoma tippecanoe Tippecanoe darter North America 4.3 TL 1890
Etheostoma trisella Trispot darter North America 5.9 TL 1963
Etheostoma tuscumbia Tuscumbia darter North America 6.1 TL 1887
Etheostoma uniporum Current darter North America 1968
Etheostoma variatum Variegate darter North America 11 TL 1840
Etheostoma virgatum Striped darter North America 7.8 TL 1880
Etheostoma vitreum Glassy darter North America 6.6 TL 1870
Etheostoma vulneratum Wounded darter North America 8 TL 1870
Etheostoma wapiti Boulder darter North America 8.5 TL 1989
Etheostoma whipplei Redfin darter North America 9 TL 1859
Etheostoma zonale Banded darter North America 7.8 TL 1868
Etheostoma zonifer Backwater darter North America 4.4 TL 1935
Etheostoma zonistium Bandfin darter North America 7.1 TL 1988
Gymnocephalus acerina Donets ruffe Europe 21 SL 1789
Gymnocephalus ambriaelacus Europe 11.7 SL 2010
Gymnocephalus baloni Danube ruffe Europe 15 SL 1974
Gymnocephalus cernua Ruffe Europe 25 TL 1758
Gymnocephalus schraetser Schraetzer Europe 30 TL 1758
Nothonotus aquali Coppercheek darter North America 8 TL 1978
Nothonotus microlepidus Smallscale darter North America 7.2 TL 1967
Nothonotus sanguifluus Bloodfin darter North America 9 TL 1870
Nothonotus starnesi Caney fork darter North America 7.6 SL 2013
Perca flavescens American yellow perch North America 50 TL 1814
Perca fluviatilis European perch Eurasia 60 SL 1758
Perca schrenkii Balkhash perch Asia 50 TL 1874
Percarina demidoffii Percarina Europe 10 SL 1840
Percarina maeotica Europe 10.5 TL 1888
Percina antesella Amber darter North America 7.2 TL 1977
Percina apina North America 13.7 SL 2017
Percina apristis Guadalupe darter North America 11 TL 1954
Percina aurantiaca Tangerine darter North America 18 TL 1868
Percina aurolineata Goldline darter North America 9 TL 1967
Percina aurora Pearl darter North America 1994
Percina austroperca Southern logperch North America 1995
Percina bimaculata Chesapeake logperch North America 1844
Percina brevicauda Coal darter North America 1994
Percina brucethompsoni North America 9.0 SL 2014
Percina burtoni Blotchside darter North America 16 TL 1945
Percina caprodes Logperch North America 18 TL 1818
Percina carbonaria Texas logperch North America 13 TL 1853
Percina copelandi Channel darter North America 7.2 TL 1877
Percina crassa Piedmont darter North America 9 TL 1878
Percina crypta Halloween Darter North America 7.3 SL 2008
Percina cymatotaenia Bluestripe darter North America 9 TL 1887
Percina evides Gilt darter North America 9.6 TL 1877
Percina fulvitaenia Ozark logperch North America 1981
Percina gymnocephala Appalachia darter North America 9.6 TL 1980
Percina jenkinsi Conasauga logperch North America 14 TL 1985
Percina kathae Mobile logperch North America 1997
Percina kusha Bridled darter North America 6.5 SL 2007
Percina lenticula Freckled darter North America 20 TL 1964
Percina macrocephala Longhead darter North America 12 TL 1867
Percina macrolepida Bigscale logperch North America 11 TL 1971
Percina maculata Blackside darter North America 11 TL 1859
Percina nasuta Longnose darter North America 11 TL 1941
Percina nevisense Chainback darter North America 1870
Percina nigrofasciata Blackbanded darter North America 11 TL 1854
Percina notogramma Stripeback darter North America 8.4 TL 1948
Percina oxyrhynchus Sharpnose darter North America 12 TL 1939
Percina palmaris Bronze darter North America 9 TL 1940
Percina pantherina Leopard darter North America 9.2 TL 1955
Percina peltata Shield darter North America 9 TL 1864
Percina phoxocephala Slenderhead darter North America 9.6 TL 1876
Percina rex Roanoke logperch North America 15 TL 1889
Percina roanoka Roanoke darter North America 7.8 TL 1889
Percina sciera Dusky darter North America 13 TL 1883
Percina shumardi River darter North America 7.8 TL 1859
Percina sipsi Bankhead darter North America 5 SL 2007
Percina smithvanizi Muscadine Darter North America 6.3 SL 2007
Percina squamata Olive darter North America 13 TL 1887
Percina stictogaster Frecklebelly darter North America 1993
Percina suttkusi Gulf logperch North America 1997
Percina tanasi Snail darter North America 9 TL 1976
Percina uranidea Stargazing darter North America 7.8 TL 1887
Percina vigil Saddleback darter North America 7.8 TL 1882
Percina williamsi Sickle darter North America 9.1 SL 2007
Romanichthys valsanicola Asprete Europe 11 SL 1957
Sander canadensis Sauger North America 76 TL 1834
Sander lucioperca Pike-perch Europe and Asia 100 SL 1758
Sander marinus Estuarine perch Eurasia 1828
Sander vitreus Walleye North America 107 FL 1818
Sander volgensis Volga pikeperch Europe 40 SL 1789
Zingel asper Rhone streber Europe 22 TL 1758
Zingel balcanicus Europe 15.5 SL 1937
Zingel streber Danube streber Europe 22 TL 1863
Zingel zingel Zingel Europe 48 SL 1766



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