Percidae

Percidae Temporal range: Eocene to present
Yellow perch (Perca flavescens)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Superfamily:	Percoidea
Family:	Percidae Rafinesque, 1815
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
  • Genus Perca Linnaeus, 1758
• 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

References

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