Nannoperca

Nannoperca is a genus of temperate perches endemic to Australia.[3]

Nannoperca
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[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Microperca Castelnau, 1872
  • Paradules Klunzinger, 1872
  • Edelia Castelnau, 1873
  • Percamia Bleeker, 1876

Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are:[3]

  • 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.[4]

References
  1. Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke & R. van der Laan (eds.). "Nannoperca". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  2. Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke & R. van der Laan (eds.). "Percichthyidae genera". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). Species of Nannoperca in FishBase. February 2014 version.
  4. 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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