Southern logperch | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Perciformes |
Family: | Percidae |
Genus: | Percina |
Species: | P. austroperca
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Binomial name | |
Percina austroperca B. A. Thompson, 1995
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Percina austroperca, the southern logperch, is a small 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.[2] They are highly resilient with a minimum population doubling time of less than 15 months.[3] It is found in the Escambia and Choctawhatchee river systems in western Florida and southern Alabama.[1]