Percina is a genus of small freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the subfamily Etheostomatinae, which is part of the family Percidae. The Percidae family also includes the perches , ruffes and pikeperches from North America .

The common logperch (Percina caprodes), sometimes simply known as the logperch, 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.

Names and dates are hyperlinked to their relevant specimen records. The list of references for all nonindigenous occurrences of Percina caprodes are found here.

Percina caprodes (logperch) is found in North America as far north as the St. Lawrence-Great Lakes, Hudson Bay, and Mississippi River basin areas to as far south as Gulf of Mexico drainages. Logperch are found rarely in the Great Plains and areas west of the Mississippi, but extensively along Atlantic drainages in the United States.

The Bigscale Logperch (Percina macrolepida) is native to Gulf of Mexico drainages from the Sabine River (Louisiana-Texas) to the Rio Grande (Texas-Mexico), with populations extending into Oklahoma and New Mexico. This is a fish of gravel …

Logperches are a group of ray-finned fish in the genus Percina of the family Percidae. There are 11 species of logperch, native to eastern parts of the US and Canada. The fish inhabit clear, gravelly streams and lakes.

The common logperch (Percina caprodes), sometimes simply known as the logperch, 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. Like other logperches, it has the typical vertical barring along the flank and a ...

Percina apina can be distinguished by having the following characters: dorsum with about 11 dark saddles that are interspersed with vermiculated patches of pigment that extend to the side of the body; 7 to 9 dark, large round or oval shaped lateral blotches along the side of the body that are typically wider than high; anterior-most blotches ...

Common Logperch | Percina caprodes. Status: IUCN: Least Concern. Threats: Sedimentation. CFI Status: Propagated at CFI from 2006-2007 as mussel hosts (VDWR*); 2012-2013 as mussel hosts, (KDFWR**) benefitting Fanshell, Dromedary Pearlymussel, Cumberlandian Combshell, Snuffbox, and Purple Catspaw mussels. (What do these terms mean?)

Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Percoidei (Perchs) > Percidae (Perches) > Etheostomatinae Etymology: Percina: Latin, diminutive of perch = perch (Ref. 45335); caprodes: caprodes meaning pig-like, referring to the snout shape (Ref. 10294). More on author: Rafinesque.