Bronze darter

The Bronze darter lives in the benthopelagic, freshwater environment.

DISTRIBUTION: The bronze darter is endemic to the Mobile basin. Most collection records are from above the Fall Line in the Tallapoosa and Coosa river systems. More

Bronze darter, Percina palmaris Greenbreast darter, Etheostoma jordani Blackbanded darter, Percina nigrofasciata More

* Bronze darter, Percina palmaris (Bailey, 1940). * Leopard darter, Percina pantherina (Moore & Reeves, 1955). * Shield darter, Percina peltata (Stauffer, 1864). * Slenderhead darter, Percina phoxocephala (Nelson, 1876). More

According to their research, the Bronze Darter population usually begins to be affected when the watershed reaches a point where 13 percent of its land area is covered by impervious surfaces. The federally endangered Etowah Darter is much more sensitive. More

Bronze darter (top) and riffle minnow resting on several small mussels 2cps2.jpg (4729 bytes) L-R, Casper Cox (Chattanooga, TN), Bruce Stallsmith (Huntsville, AL), & Sharon Allsup (Winston, GA) discussing the mystery fish du jour. It turned out to be a bronze darter. More

variation in the bronze darter, Percina palmaris (Pices: Percidae). Copeia 1976.:54-59. 2670* Howell, J.F. 1971. The life history, behavior, and ecology of Percina aurantiaca (Cope). Diss. Abstr. Int. B Sci. Eng. 32.:6354. More

40 BRONZE DARTER Percina palmaris (Roston, u/w) 91.2 BROOK SILVERSIDE Labidesthes sicculus (Roston, u/w) 102.4 BROOK STICKLEBACK Culaea inconstans (Roston, u/w) 42.22 BROOK TROUT Salvelinus fontinalis (Scarola, Museum) +64. More

Common names

bronze darter in English
Bronzesmutte in Danish (dansk)
青銅小鱸 in Mandarin Chinese
青铜小鲈 in Mandarin Chinese

Order : Perciformes
Family : Percidae
Genus : Percina
Species : Percina palmaris
Authority : Bailey, 1940