Percichthys

<i>Percichthys</i>

Percichthys

Genus of fishes

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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. [1]
    Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Percichthys". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  2. [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. [3]
    Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). Species of Percichthys in FishBase. February 2014 version.
  4. [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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