Logperch
Logperch are the most widely distributed of the darter species. It lives in many of the stream drainages throughout the eastern one-half of the United States and extends northward to the Churchill River,. Logperch have a unique tiger-like coloration which distinguishes them from other darters. Logperch have a pale-yellow base color, with narrow bars on the side and back. 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,. Fun Fact: Common Logperch are odd among the logperches for their schooling behavior. Although we often see them in groups that are large for a Percina, mussel biologists we work with have described. The Logperch is widespread across central and northeastern North America in the Mississippi River, St Lawrence-Great Lakes, and Hudson Bay drainages, including the Tennessee and Cumberland river.
Logperch live three to four years (Thomas, 1970) and young logperch feed on small crustaceans, while adults consume midge larvae, mayflies, and caddisflies. This and other logperch species flip stones.
Darters — Conservation Fisheries
