Psammoperca

Psammoperca
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Division:	Teleostei
Order:	Carangiformes
Suborder:	Centropomoidei
Family:	Latidae
Genus:	Psammoperca; Richardson, 1848
Type species
	Psammoperca datnioides; P. Richardson, 1848
Synonyms
	Cnidon J. P. Müller & Troschel, 1849

Psammoperca is a small genus of marine ray-finned fishes from the family Latidae. They are native to the eastern Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. The generic name Psammoperca derives from the Greek ψάμμος (sand) and πέρκη (perch), though this refers to the fish’s dentition, not to a sandy habitat preference. Richardson described the teeth as being "granular".

Species

There are currently 2 recognized species in this genus:

Psammoperca datnioides Richardson, 1848 (Black sand bass)
Psammoperca waigiensis (Cuvier, 1828) (Waigieu seaperch)

References

↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Latidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2 August 2026.
↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Psammoperca". FishBase. August 2026 version.
↑ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (19 November 2025). "Order CARANGIFORMES (part 1): Families LATIDAE, CENTROPOMIDAE, LACTARIIDAE, SPHYRAENIDAE, LEPTOBRAMIDAE, TOXOTIDAE, NEMATISTIIDAE, MENIDAE, XIPHIIDAE, ISTIOPHORIDAE, CORYPHAENIDAE, RACHYCENTRIDAE, ECHENEIDAE and CARANGIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 2 August 2026.
↑ Richardson, J. (1848). "Ichthyology of the voyage of H.M.S. Erebus & Terror, under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross". In Richardson & Gray (eds.). The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Erebus & Terror. Vol. 2. London: E.W. Janson. pp. i–viii + 75–139 [116, plate 57, figures 1–2].
↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Psammoperca". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2 August 2026.
↑ Iwatsuki, Y.; Newman, S.J.; Tanaka, F.; Russell, B.C. (2018). "Validity of Psammoperca datnioides Richardson 1848 and redescriptions of P. waigiensis …". Zootaxa. 4402 (3): 467–486. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4402.3.3. PMID 29690255.

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[CofF-1] Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Latidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2 August 2026.

[FishBase-2] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Psammoperca". FishBase. August 2026 version.

[ETYFish-3] Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (19 November 2025). "Order CARANGIFORMES (part 1): Families LATIDAE, CENTROPOMIDAE, LACTARIIDAE, SPHYRAENIDAE, LEPTOBRAMIDAE, TOXOTIDAE, NEMATISTIIDAE, MENIDAE, XIPHIIDAE, ISTIOPHORIDAE, CORYPHAENIDAE, RACHYCENTRIDAE, ECHENEIDAE and CARANGIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 2 August 2026.

[4] Richardson, J. (1848). "Ichthyology of the voyage of H.M.S. Erebus & Terror, under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross". In Richardson & Gray (eds.). The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Erebus & Terror. Vol. 2. London: E.W. Janson. pp. i–viii + 75–139 [116, plate 57, figures 1–2].

[5] Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Psammoperca". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2 August 2026.

[6] Iwatsuki, Y.; Newman, S.J.; Tanaka, F.; Russell, B.C. (2018). "Validity of Psammoperca datnioides Richardson 1848 and redescriptions of P. waigiensis …". Zootaxa. 4402 (3): 467–486. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4402.3.3. PMID 29690255.