Biology:Brazilian flathead
| Brazilian flathead | |
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| A depiction of Percophis brasiliensis in Le Règne Animal (Georges Cuvier). | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Trachiniformes |
| Family: | Percophidae |
| Subfamily: | Percophinae Swainson, 1839[1] |
| Genus: | Percophis Quoy & Gaimard, 1825 |
| Species: | P. brasiliensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Percophis brasiliensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1825
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| Synonyms[2] | |
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Percophis brasilianus (Misspelling) | |
The Brazilian flathead (Percophis brasiliensis) is a species of ray-finned fish which is the only species of the genus Percophis in the monotypic family Percophidae.[3] It is considered the most basal member of the Notothenioidei, which also contains the Antarctic icefishes.[4] It occurs in the southwestern Atlantic off the South American coast from southern Brazil to central Argentina.[5] It is fished commercially, and is considered overfished in southern Brazil.[6]
Percophidae was first proposed as a family in 1839 by the English zoologist William Swainson as a subfamily of the Percidae.[7] The 5th edition of Fishes of the World classified this family within the order Trachiniformes and included the Bembropinae and Hemerocoetinae within it as subfamilies.[8] However, more recent phylogenetic studies have found such a placement to be paraphyletic, and have recognized it as a monotypic family within the Notothenioidei containing a single species.[3]
References
- ↑ "Percophinae Swainson, 1839". FishBase. World Register of Marine Species. 2015. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=151790.
- ↑ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Percophis brasiliensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1825" (in en). http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=282218.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Species in the family Percophidae". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?tbl=species&family=Percophidae.
- ↑ Fricke, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Van der Laan, R. (2025). "ESCHMEYER'S CATALOG OF FISHES: CLASSIFICATION" (in en). https://www.calacademy.org/eschmeyers-catalog-of-fishes-classification.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). "Percophis brasiliensis" in FishBase. February 2018 version.
- ↑ Hirota, Danilo Shoiti; Haimovici, Manuel; Sant'Ana, Rodrigo; Mourato, Bruno Leite; Kikuchi, Eidi; Cardoso, Luís Gustavo (2022-09-01). "Life history, population dynamics and stock assessment of the bycatch species Brazilian flathead (Percophis brasiliensis) in southern Brazil". Regional Studies in Marine Science 55. doi:10.1016/j.rsma.2022.102597. ISSN 2352-4855. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352485522002250.
- ↑ Swainsom, William (1939). On the natural history and classification of fishes, amphibians, & reptiles, or monocardian animals, Volume II. London: Spottiswoode & Co. p. 203–205. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40723234.
- ↑ Nelson, J.S.; Grande, T.C.; Wilson, M.V.H. (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons. pp. 421-427. doi:10.1002/9781119174844. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6. OCLC 951899884.
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