Biology:Siniperca

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Siniperca
Siniperca scherzeriBMNHM.jpg
Leopard mandarin fish (S. scherzeri)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Sinipercidae
Genus: Siniperca
T. N. Gill, 1862[1]
Type species
Siniperca chuatsi
Basilewsky, 1855[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Plectroperca W. K. H. Peters, 1864
  • Actenolepis Dybowski, 1872
  • Coreosiniperca P. W. Fang & L. T. Chong, 1932
  • Acroperca G. S. Myers, 1933

Siniperca or the Chinese perch is a genus of temperate perches native to freshwater habitats in continental East Asia. Although its native ranges can extend to northern Vietnam, the majority of the species are entirely or largely restricted to China .[3]

Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are:[3]

  • Siniperca chuatsi (Basilewsky, 1855) (mandarin fish)
  • Siniperca fortis (S. Y. Lin, 1932)
  • Siniperca kneri Garman, 1912 (big-eye mandarin fish)
  • Siniperca liuzhouensis C. W. Zhou, X. Y. Kong & S. R. Zhu, 1987
  • Siniperca loona H. W. Wu, 1939 [4]
  • Siniperca obscura Nichols, 1930
  • Siniperca roulei H. W. Wu, 1930
  • Siniperca scherzeri Steindachner, 1892 (golden or leopard mandarin fish)
  • Siniperca undulata P. W. Fang & L. T. Chong, 1932
  • Siniperca vietnamensis Đ. Y. Mai, 1978

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Siniperca". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?genid=2975. 
  2. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Genera in the family Sinipercidae". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?tbl=genus&family=Sinipercidae. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). Species of Siniperca in FishBase. February 2014 version.
  4. Song, S., Zhao, J. & Li, C. (2017): Species delimitation and phylogenetic reconstruction of the sinipercids (Perciformes: Sinipercidae) based on target enrichment of thousands of nuclear coding sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 111: 44-55.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q2708258 entry