Family Percichthyidae - Temperate perches
Order : Centrarchiformes Percichthyidae
Class : Teleostei
No. in FishBase : Genera : 8 | Species : 22 Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes
Environment : Fresh : Yes | Brackish : Yes | Marine : No
Division : Peripheral/diadromous
Aquarium : none
First Fossil Record : lower   Tertiary     Eocene Ref. Berg, L.S. 1958
Remark : Species of this family are distributed in Australia and South America (primarily Argentina and Chile). Rarely brackish. Complete and continuous lateral line. Dorsal fins continuous, with or without a notch; spines 7-12 (1-3 in Gadopsis bispinosus); soft rays 8-38. Anal fin spines 3; soft rays 7-13 (16-20 in Gadopsis). Scales ctenoid, secondarily cycloid. Vertebrae 25-36 (40-50 in Gadopsis). Dioecious. Poorly defined group, its composition is subject to change. Eschmeyer (1998) recognized 14 valid genera. Percilia species are considered to be under its own family Perciliidae (Arratia, pers. comm.).
Etymology : Greek perké = perch + Greek, ichthys = fish ( Ref. 45335).
Reproductive guild : mixed
Typical activity level : normal
Main Ref. : Nelson, J.S. 1994
Coordinator : Nelson, J.S. 1994
Deep Fin Classification : Osteichthyes | Actinopterygii | Actinopteri | Neopterygii | Teleostei | Osteoglossocephalai | Clupeocephala | Euteleosteomorpha | Neoteleostei | Eurypterygia | Ctenosquamata | Acanthomorphata | Acanthopterygii | Percomorphaceae | Eupercaria | | | Centrarchiformes | Percichthyoidei | | Percichthyidae

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Species/Synonymy list for the family Percichthyidae as currently in FishBase

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Scientifc name Status Senior/Junior synonym Combination
acceptedseniororiginal
Percichthys trucha (Valenciennes, 1833)
acceptedseniornew
Perca trucha Valenciennes, 1833
synonymseniororiginal
synonymjuniororiginal
! Percichthys vinciguerrai Perugia, 1891
synonymjuniororiginal
synonymjuniororiginal
synonymjuniororiginal
Perca laevis (non Jenyns, 1840)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Percichthys chilensis (non Girard, 1855)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Percichthys laevis (Jenyns, 1840)
acceptedseniornew
Perca laevis Jenyns, 1840
synonymseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
synonymseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
Dules viverrinus Krefft, 1868
synonymjuniororiginal
Murrayia guntheri Castelnau, 1872
synonymjuniororiginal
Riverina fluviatilis Castelnau, 1872
synonymjuniororiginal
Murrayia cyprinoides Castelnau, 1872
synonymjuniororiginal
Murrayia bramoides Castelnau, 1872
synonymjuniororiginal
Dules christyi Castelnau, 1872
synonymjuniororiginal
Murrayia riverina Macleay, 1881
synonymjuniororiginal
Murrayia jenkinsi Macleay, 1885
synonymjuniororiginal
Macquaria ambigua (Richardson, 1845)
acceptedseniornew
Datnia ambigua Richardson, 1845
synonymseniororiginal
Plectroplites ambiguus (Richardson, 1845)
synonymseniornew
! Macquaria ambiguus (Richardson, 1845)
synonymseniornew
! Plectoplites ambiguus (Richardson, 1845)
synonymseniornew
synonymjuniororiginal
Dules auratus Castelnau, 1872
synonymjuniororiginal
Dules flavescens Castelnau, 1875
synonymjuniororiginal
Gadopsis marmoratus Richardson, 1848
acceptedseniororiginal
Gadopsis bispinosus Sanger, 1984
acceptedseniororiginal
Nannoperca australis Günther, 1861
acceptedseniororiginal
Paradules leetus Klunzinger, 1872
synonymjuniororiginal
Nannoperca riverinae Macleay, 1881
synonymjuniororiginal
Microperca tasmaniae Johnston, 1883
synonymjuniororiginal
synonymjuniororiginal
Nannoperca obscura (Klunzinger, 1872)
acceptedseniornew
Paradules obscurus Klunzinger, 1872
synonymseniororiginal
Edelia obscura (Klunzinger, 1872)
synonymseniornew
Microperca yarrae Castelnau, 1872
synonymjuniororiginal
Nannoperca vittata (Castelnau, 1873)
acceptedseniornew
Edelia vittata Castelnau, 1873
synonymseniororiginal
Nannoperca oxleyana Whitley, 1940
acceptedseniororiginal
Nannoperca variegata Kuiter & Allen, 1986
acceptedseniororiginal
! Nannoperca variagata Kuiter & Allen, 1986
synonymseniororiginal
Nannoperca pygmaea Morgan, Beatty & Adams, 2013
acceptedseniororiginal
Bostockia porosa Castelnau, 1873
acceptedseniororiginal
synonymjuniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
! Nannatherina balsoni Regan, 1906
synonymseniororiginal
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
! Gryptes brisbani Lesson, 1825
synonymotheroriginal
! Gryptes brisbanii Lesson, 1825
synonymotheroriginal
Grystes brisbani Lesson, 1831
synonymjuniororiginal
! Grystes brisbanii Lesson, 1831
synonymjuniororiginal
Oligorus mitchelii Castelnau, 1873
synonymjuniororiginal
! Oligorus mitchellii Castelnau, 1873
synonymjuniororiginal
Oligorus gibbiceps Macleay, 1885
synonymjuniororiginal
Maccullochella peelii (non Mitchell, 1838)
misappliedmisappliednew
Maccullochella peelii (Mitchell, 1838)
acceptedseniornew
Acerina peelii Mitchell, 1838
synonymseniororiginal
synonymseniornew
! Maccullochella peeli (Mitchell, 1838)
synonymseniornew
Maccullochella ikei Rowland, 1986
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniorchange in rank
synonymseniororiginal
Guyu wujalwujalensis Pusey & Kennard, 2001
acceptedseniororiginal
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