Percarina
Genus of fishes
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Percarina is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Percidae found in eastern Europe. They are characterised by having the first dorsal fin, having 9–11 spines and being widely separated from the second dorsal fin.[2]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Percidae |
| Subfamily: | Percinae |
| Genus: | Percarina Nordmann, 1840 |
| Type species | |
| Percarina demidoffii Nordmann, 1840[1] | |
Previously, they were treated as the only taxon in the monotypic subfamily Percarininae,[3] but they are now placed with the perches and ruffes in the Percinae.[4]
Species
There are currently two recognised species in the genus:[5]
- Percarina demidoffii Nordmann, 1840 (Common percarina)
- Percarina maeotica Kuznetsov, 1888 (Azov percarina)
