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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaChordataTeleosteiPerciformesPercidaePercina

Common Logperch
Percina caprodes (Rafinesque, 1818)

Taxonomy

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Teleostei
Order Perciformes
Family Percidae
Genus Percina
Species Percina caprodes (Rafinesque, 1818)

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class
Accidental

Distribution

Range

Known from two counties across two states.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Alabama, Kentucky

Counties

Alabama
Jackson
Kentucky
Breckinridge

Conservation and management

IUCN Red List

LC Least Concern

EXEWCRENVUNTLC▲

Assessed in 2013.

NatureServe

G5 Secure

G1G2G3G4G5▲

National ranks

United States
N5 Secure
Canada
N5 Secure

Subnational ranks

Minnesota
SNR Unranked
Georgia
S3 Vulnerable
Indiana
S5 Secure
Tennessee
S5 Secure
Ohio
S5 Secure
District of Columbia
SX Presumed Extirpated
West Virginia
S5 Secure
Iowa
S3 Vulnerable
Vermont
S4 Apparently Secure
Utah
SNA Not Applicable
Kentucky
S4 Apparently Secure
Kansas
S5 Secure
Oklahoma
SNR Unranked
Alabama
S4 Apparently Secure
Illinois
S4 Apparently Secure
Michigan
S5 Secure
Florida
SNR Unranked
Wisconsin
S5 Secure
Missouri
S5 Secure
Pennsylvania
S5 Secure
Louisiana
S4 Apparently Secure
Arkansas
S4 Apparently Secure
New York
S3 Vulnerable
Virginia
S3 Vulnerable
North Dakota
S3 Vulnerable
South Dakota
S2 Imperiled
Mississippi
S4 Apparently Secure
Texas
S4 Apparently Secure
North Carolina
S1 Critically Imperiled
Ontario
S5 Secure
Saskatchewan
S5 Secure
Newfoundland and Labrador
SU Unrankable
Manitoba
S5 Secure
Quebec
S4 Apparently Secure
Alberta
SU Unrankable

State and federal status

Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act

References

  • McGregor, S.W., Rheams, K.F., O'Neil, P.E., Moser, P.H. & Blackwood, R. 1994. Biological, geological, and hydrological investigations in Bobcat, Matthews, and Shelta caves and other selected caves in north Alabama. Geological Survey of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA. 226 pp.
  • McGregor, S.W., O'Neil, P.E., Rheams, K.F., Moser, P.H. & Blackwood, R. 1997. Biological, geological, and hydrological investigations in Bobcat, Matthews, and Shelta caves and other selected caves in north Alabama. Geological Survey of Alabama Bulletin 166: 1–198.
  • Pearson, W.D. & Boston, C.H., Jr. 1995. Distribution and status of the northern cavefish, Amblyopsis spelaea. Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Division of Fish and Wildlife, Nongame and Endangered Wildlife Program,, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. 99 pp.

How to cite this account

Percina caprodes (Rafinesque, 1818). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2788. https://cavebiology.org/species/percina-caprodes/ (accessed 7 September 2026).

Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.

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