Percichthys

Percichthys
Temporal range: Eocene–present
P. melanops
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Centrarchiformes
Family: Percichthyidae
Genus: Percichthys
Girard, 1855
Type species
Percichthys chilensis
Girard, 1855
Synonyms
  • Percosoma T. N. Gill, 1861

Percichthys is a genus of temperate perches native to freshwater habitats in Argentina and Chile.

The earliest fossil member of the genus is Percichthys hondoensis from the early Eocene of Argentina.

Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are:

References

  1. ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Percichthys". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  2. ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Percichthyidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  3. 1 2 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Percichthys". FishBase. February 2014 version.
  4. ↑ Arratia, Gloria; Quezada-Romegialli, Claudio (2019-04-25). "The South American and Australian percichthyids and perciliids. What is new about them?". Neotropical Ichthyology. 17 e180102. doi:10.1590/1982-0224-20180102. ISSN 1679-6225.