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Slenderhead Darter

Percina phoxocephala

211 observations in the source records

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) brooke_washburn, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

28 photos

Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.

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What the records say

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Oklahoma.January 48, February 44, March 51, April 90, May 96, June 51, July 42, August 39, September 41, October 42, November 40, December 40.
United States4,191
Oklahoma623
Missouri550
Texas451
Kansas412
Ohio357
Canada337
Ontario337
Illinois260
Minnesota259

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • AquaticLives primarily in waterFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassRay-finned Fishes · Actinopterygii
OrderPerches, Scorpionfishes, Sticklebacks, and Allies · Perciformes
FamilyPerches, Darters, and allies · Percidae
GenusRoughbelly Darters · Percina

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Slenderhead Darter with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.