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Shield Darter
Percina peltata
Percina peltata (shield darter) is a fish belonging to the genus Percina. It is recognized by its row of modified star-shaped scales on the midline of the belly, and by its conspicuous pattern of a line of party connected, rectangular, black blotches along the side. The shield darter most resembles the blackside darter but the blackside darter has scales on the cheeks. It has an elongate body and slightly compressed features. Its dorsal fins are separate,...
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 109097.