Percidae
| Percidae Temporal range: Eocene to present
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| Yellow perch (Perca flavescens) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Superfamily: | Percoidea |
| Family: | Percidae Rafinesque, 1815[1] |
| Subfamilies | |
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Percidae is a family of ray-finned fish. They are endemic to freshwater environments around the world. They live in rivers and lakes.
Characteristics
The family is characterized by having the dorsal fin split into two which are normally separated or have a narrow connection, although this is wider in the genus Zingel.
Systematics
- Subfamily Percinae Rafinesque, 1815
- Subfamily Luciopercinae Jordan & Evermann, 1896
- Genus Sander Oken, 1817
- Subfamily Etheostomatinae Agassiz, 1850
- Genus Ammocrypta Jordan, 1877
- Genus Etheostoma Rafinesque, 1817
- Genus Nothonotus Putnam, 1863
- Genus Percina Haldeman, 1842
- Subfamily Percarininae Gill, 1861
- Genus Percarina Nordmann, 1840
Fossil genera
- †Mioplosus Cope, 1877
- †Priscacara Cope, 1877
References
- ↑ Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 001–230. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1. PMID 25543675.