Siniperca
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| Siniperca | |
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| Leopard mandarin fish (S. scherzeri) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Centrarchiformes |
| Family: | Sinipercidae |
| Genus: | Siniperca T. N. Gill, 1862[1] |
| Type species | |
| Siniperca chuatsi Basilewsky, 1855[1] | |
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Siniperca or the Chinese perch is a genus of centrarchiform ray-finned fish native to freshwater habitats in continental East Asia. Although its native ranges can extend to northern Vietnam, the majority of the species are entirely or largely restricted to China.[3]
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