Global InformationPercina westfalli information
| Percina westfalli | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Percidae |
| Genus: | Percina |
| Species: | P. westfalli
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| Binomial name | |
| Percina westfalli (Fowler, 1942)
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Percina westfalli, the Sooty-banded darter or Westfall's darter is a species of darter (subfamily Etheostomatinae) native to the Southeastern United States.[1] A benthic fish, they typically inhabit streams and smaller rivers over sand or gravel bottoms where they are primarily insectivorous.[2] The species is sympatric with P. crypta within the Apalachicola Basin.
After its initial description the species was later synonymised with P. nigrofasciata, but has since been split and is once again recognised as a full species.[3] There are still many sources that have yet to update their material to accommodate the split.
- ^ "Percina westfalli (Westfall's Darter)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2023-03-27.
- ^ "Blackbanded Darter (Percina nigrofasciata) - Species Profile". USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database. Retrieved 2023-03-28.
- ^ Near, Thomas J.; Bossu, Christen M.; Bradburd, Gideon S.; Carlson, Rose L.; Harrington, Richard C.; Hollingsworth, Phillip R.; Keck, Benjamin P.; Etnier, David A. (2011-10-01). "Phylogeny and Temporal Diversification of Darters (Percidae: Etheostomatinae)". Systematic Biology. 60 (5): 565–595. doi:10.1093/sysbio/syr052. ISSN 1076-836X.