Percichthys
| Percichthys Temporal range:
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| P. melanops | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Centrarchiformes |
| Family: | Percichthyidae |
| Genus: | Girard, 1855 |
| Type species | |
| Percichthys chilensis Girard, 1855[1]
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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]
- Percichthys chilensis Girard, 1855
- Percichthys colhuapiensis MacDonagh, 1955 (largemouth perch)
- Percichthys laevis (Jenyns, 1840)
- Percichthys melanops Girard, 1855
- Percichthys trucha (Valenciennes, 1833) (creole perch)
References
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Percichthys". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Percichthys". FishBase. February 2014 version.
- ^ 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.