Nannoperca
| Nannoperca | |
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| Photos by Jim Owens Western pygmy perch (N. vittata) male (top) and female (bottom) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Percichthyidae |
| Genus: | Nannoperca Günther, 1861 |
| Type species | |
| Nannoperca australis Günther, 1861 | |
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Nannoperca is a genus of temperate perches endemic to Australia. [1]
Species
The currently recognized species in this genus are:[1]
- Nannoperca australis Günther, 1861 (Southern pygmy perch)
- Nannoperca obscura (Klunzinger, 1872) (Yarra pygmy perch)
- Nannoperca oxleyana Whitley, 1940 (Oxleyan pygmy perch)
- Nannoperca pygmaea D. L. Morgan, Beatty & M. Adams, 2013 (little pygmy perch)
- Nannoperca variegata Kuiter & G. R. Allen, 1986 (golden pygmy perch)
- Nannoperca vittata (Castelnau, 1873) (western pygmy perch)
Balston's pygmy perch, previously Nannoperca balstoni has now been renamed Nannatherina balstoni.[2]
References
- 1 2 Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2014). Species of Nannoperca in FishBase. February 2014 version.
- ↑ Bray, Dianne J. (2011). "Balston's Pygmy Perch, Nannatherina balstoni Regan 1906". Fishes of Australia. Museum Victoria. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
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