Biology:Percichthys
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Short description: Genus of fishes
| Percichthys | |
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| P. melanops | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Percichthyidae |
| Genus: | Percichthys Girard, 1855 |
| Type species | |
| Percichthys chilensis Girard, 1855[1]
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Percichthys is a genus of temperate perches native to freshwater habitats in Argentina and Chile .[3]
The earliest fossil member of the genus is Percichthys hondoensis from the early Eocene of Argentina .[4]
Species
The currently recognized species in this genus are:[3]
- Percichthys chilensis Girard, 1855
- Percichthys colhuapiensis MacDonagh, 1955 (largemouth perch)
- Percichthys laevis (Jenyns, 1840)
- Percichthys melanops Girard, 1855
- Percichthys trucha (Valenciennes, 1833) (creole perch)
References
- ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Percichthys". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?genid=2209.
- ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Genera in the family Percichthyidae". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?tbl=genus&family=Percichthyidae.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). Species of Percichthys in FishBase. February 2014 version.
- ↑ Arratia, Gloria; Quezada-Romegialli, Claudio (2019-04-25). "The South American and Australian percichthyids and perciliids. What is new about them?" (in en). Neotropical Ichthyology 17: e180102. doi:10.1590/1982-0224-20180102. ISSN 1679-6225. https://www.scielo.br/j/ni/a/4NnD4LzmJhR66NRC6ZT79mC/?lang=en.
Wikidata ☰ Q5237306 entry
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