Percidae
family of fishes
Percidae is a family of ray-finned fish. They are endemic to freshwater environments around the world. They live in rivers and lakes.
| Percidae Temporal range: Eocene to present
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| Yellow perch (Perca flavescens) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Superfamily: | Percoidea |
| Family: | Percidae Rafinesque, 1815[1] |
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Characteristics
changeThe 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
change- Subfamily Percinae Rafinesque, 1815
- 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
Fossil genera
change- †Mioplosus Cope, 1877
- †Priscacara Cope, 1877
References
change- ↑ Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 001–230. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1. PMID 25543675.
