Blackstripe Pirate Perch
(Aphredoderus ornatus)
Image source: Ty Smith | inaturalist.org
General data
Stout-bodied with a large head terminal mouth, and single dorsal fin. Dark bar below the eye and a larger one at caudal fin base. In the adult the anus is located in the throat.
The Blackstripe Pirate Perch (Aphredoderus ornatus) is a freshwater fish species native to the eastern United States.
It was described in a 2024 taxonomic revision of the Pirate Perches (Aphredoderus) by Muller and Simons.
Aphredoderus ornatus is found in several river basins along the Atlantic and Gulf slopes.
Key river systems where this species occurs include: Potomac River, St. Marys River, Suwannee River, New River (located in the Florida Panhandle, flowing into the Gulf of Mexico), Upper St. Johns River, Apalachicola River, Pensacola Bay Tributaries...
