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Chainback darter
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Percidae
Genus:	Percina
Species:	P. nevisense
Binomial name
Percina nevisense (Cope, 1870)
Synonyms
Etheostoma nevisense Cope, 1870

The chainback darter (Percina nevisense) is a 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. It is found in North America where it occurs in the Roanoke-Chowan river drainage in Virginia south to the Neuse River drainage in North Carolina. It prefers gravel runs and riffles of small to medium-sized rivers.

References

1. NatureServe (2013). "Percina nevisense". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T202584A18233246. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T202584A18233246.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Percina nevisense". FishBase. December 2019 version.

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