Species Information

Kingdom: Animalia
  Phylum: Craniata
    Class: Actinopterygii
      Order: Perciformes
        Family: Percidae
          Genus: Percina
            Species: macrolepida

Bigscale Logperch - Percina macrolepida

Bigscale Logperch

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Species Extent (New Mexico)

General Description

Bigscale Logperch (Percina macrolepida) is a small (9 cm) fish that is native to the Sabine River (Louisiana), Red River (Oklahoma and Arkansas), and the Rio Grande drainage (Texas, New Mexico, and Mexico). They have also been introduced in northeastern New Mexico. They inhabit runs and pools of small to medium rivers and can tolerate turbidity and a variety of flow levels; found in some reservoirs.

Status

Global Rank: G5

State Rank: S2

State Status: T

Federal Status:

USFS Status:

BLM Status: BLM SENSITIVE

SWAP Status: SGCN

NMRP Strategy Status:

Observations in Natural Heritage New Mexico Database

Number of Subpopulations: 24

Number of Mapped Locations: 73

Number of Observations: 120

Observation date range: 10-07-1956 to 07-09-2018

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