Percichthys
Genus of ray-finned fishes
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Percichthys is a genus of temperate perches native to freshwater habitats in Argentina and Chile.[3]
| Percichthys Temporal range: | |
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| P. melanops | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Centrarchiformes |
| Family: | Percichthyidae |
| Genus: | Percichthys Girard, 1855 |
| Type species | |
| Percichthys chilensis Girard, 1855[1] | |
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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)
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