Percichthys
Temporal range: Eocene–present
P. melanops
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Percichthyidae
Genus: Percichthys
Girard, 1855
Type species
Percichthys chilensis
Girard, 1855[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Percosoma T. N. Gill, 1861

Percichthys is a genus of temperate perches native to freshwater habitats in Argentina and Chile.[3]

The earliest fossil member of the genus is Percichthys hondoensis from the early Eocene of Argentina.[4]

Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are:[3]

References

  1. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Percichthys". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  2. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Percichthyidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  3. ^ a b Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). Species of Percichthys in 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.


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