Bigscale Logperch
Percina macrolepida Stevenson, 1971
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
The bigscale logperch (Percina macrolepida) is a rayfinned freshwater fish that is a member of the Percid family and Etheostomatini subfamily (the darters). It was discovered in 1971 by Michael Stevenson and was originally thought to be one with Percina caprodes. This fish is on average 85 mm, but the maximum recorded was 95 mm.
Wikipedia contributors, Bigscale logperch; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T06:38:33.475130+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Percina macrolepida Stevenson, 1971
- Name authority
- Stevenson, 1971
- Common name
- Bigscale Logperch
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Perciformes
- Family
- Percidae
- Genus
- Percina
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderPerciformes
- suborderPercoidei
- familyPercidae Rafinesque, 1815
- subfamilyEtheostomatinae Agassiz, 1850
- genusPercina Haldeman, 1842
- speciesPercina macrolepida Stevenson, 1971
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Percina. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Percina carbonaria (Baird & Girard, 1853) | PercidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Percina fulvitaenia Morris & Page, 1981 | PercidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Percina notogramma (Raney & Hubbs, 1948) | PercidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Percina apina Near & Simmons, 2017 | PercidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Percina squamata (Gilbert & Swain, 1887) | PercidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Percina stictogaster Burr & Page, 1993 | PercidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Percina brevicauda Suttkus & Bart, 1994 | PercidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Percina crassa (Jordan & Brayton, 1878) | PercidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Percina jenkinsi Thompson, 1985 | PercidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Percina rex (Jordan & Evermann, 1889) | PercidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Percina tanasi Etnier, 1976 | PercidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Percina kathae Thompson, 1997 | PercidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Stevenson, M. M. (1971). Percina macrolepida (Pisces, Percidae, Etheostomatinea), a new percid fish of the subgenus Percina from Texas. Southwestern Naturalist, 16 (no. 1): 65–83. https://doi.org/10.2307/3670099 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:6V44M. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.