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{{Short description|Group of species of fish}}
{{about|a group of species in the genus ''Percina''|the common logperch|Percina caprodes}}
{{Paraphyletic group
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| image_caption = Mobile logperch, ''[[Percina kathae]]''
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'''Logperches''' are a group of ray-finned fish in the [[genus]] ''[[Percina]]'' of the [[family (biology)|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. ''[[Percina caprodes]]'' is the most widespread of the species; some of the species with more restricted distribution are threatened in various ways. Due to their small size, the fish are not normally harvested for food. Habitat alteration and inappropriate land use practices are the most common population stressors.

== Characteristics ==
The logperch is commonly found as a baby and around {{cvt|6|to|9|cm}} in length, it has features like small black dots on the surface, elongated front fins, and a long skinny body, reaching a maximum size of about {{cvt|18|cm}} and a maximum age of about 3 years.

==Species==
*''[[Percina austroperca]]'' – Southern logperch
*''[[Percina bimaculata]]'' <!-- Haldeman [date?] -->– Chesapeake logperch (often included in ''P. caprodes'')
*''[[Percina burtoni]]'' – Blotchside logperch
*''[[Percina caprodes]]'' – Common logperch (or simply "logperch")<ref>{{Cite web |title=Logperch |url=https://mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/logperch |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=Missouri Department of Conservation |language=en}}</ref>
*''[[Percina carbonaria]]'' <small>([[Spencer Fullerton Baird|Baird]] & [[Charles Frédéric Girard|Girard]], 1853)</small> – Texas logperch
*''[[Percina fulvitaenia]]'' <small>Morris & Page, 1981</small> – Ozark logperch
*''[[Percina jenkinsi]]'' – Conasauga logperch<ref>{{Cite book |last=Biggins |first=Richard G. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P63wAAAAMAAJ |title=Recovery Plan for Conasauga Logperch (Percina Jenkinsi) Thompson and Amber Darter (Percina Antesella) Williams and Etnier |date=1986 |publisher=U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Southeast Region |language=en}}</ref>
*''[[Percina kathae]]'' <small>Thompson, 1997</small> – Mobile logperch
*''[[Percina macrolepida]]'' <small>Stevenson, 1971</small> – Bigscale logperch<ref>{{Cite web |title=California Fish Species - California Fish Website |url=https://calfish.ucdavis.edu/species/?uid=6&ds=241 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=calfish.ucdavis.edu}}</ref>
*''[[Percina rex]]'' – Roanoke logperch<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Rosenberger |first1=Amanda |last2=Angermeier |first2=Paul L. |date=September 2003 |title=Ontogenetic shifts in habitat use by the endangered Roanoke logperch ( Percina rex ): Ontogenetic shifts in habitat use by an endangered darter |url=http://doi.wiley.com/10.1046/j.1365-2427.2003.01109.x |journal=Freshwater Biology |language=en |volume=48 |issue=9 |pages=1563–1577 |doi=10.1046/j.1365-2427.2003.01109.x|s2cid=17021226 |url-access=subscription }}</ref>
*''[[Percina suttkusi]]'' <small>Thompson, 1997</small> – Gulf logperch

== References ==
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[[Category:Percina| ]]
[[Category:Fish common names]]

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