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Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Percoidei (Perchs) > Percidae (Perches) > Etheostomatinae
Etymology: Percina: Latin, diminutive of perch = perch (Ref. 45335); jenkinsi: Named after the ichthyologist at Roanoke College, R. E. Jenkins (Ref. 10294).
Eponymy: Dr Robert E Jenkins is an American ichthyologist and fisheries biologist who is Emeritus Professor of Biology, Roanoke College. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Etymology: Percina: Latin, diminutive of perch = perch (Ref. 45335); jenkinsi: Named after the ichthyologist at Roanoke College, R. E. Jenkins (Ref. 10294).
Eponymy: Dr Robert E Jenkins is an American ichthyologist and fisheries biologist who is Emeritus Professor of Biology, Roanoke College. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Subtropical; 36°N - 34°N
Distribution Territories | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri
North America: Conasauga River (in Alabama River system) in Tennessee and Georgia, USA.
Size / Weight / Age
Inhabits rocky runs and flowing pools of Conasauga River, a small, fast flowing river (Ref. 5723, 10294).
Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Main reference
Upload your references | References | Coordinator | Collaborators
Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 1991. A field guide to freshwater fishes of North America north of Mexico. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston. 432 p. (Ref. 5723)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Critically Endangered (CR) (B1ab(ii,iii,v); C2a(ii)); Date assessed: 05 March 2012
CITES
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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Ciguatera cases
Stamps, coins, misc.