Bidyanus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Eupercaria
Ordo: Centrarchiformes
Subordo: Terapontoidei

Familia: Terapontidae
Genus: Bidyanus
Species: B. bidyanus – B. welchi
Name

Bidyanus Whitley, 1943
References

Bidyanus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Bidyanus species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Vernacular names

Bidyanus is a genus of ray-finned fishes, from the family Terapontidae, the grunters and tigerperches. They are freshwater species which are endemic to Australia.
Species

There are two species in the genus Bidyanus:[2]

Bidyanus bidyanus (Mitchell, 1838) (silver perch)
Bidyanus welchi (McCulloch & Waite, 1917) (Welch's grunter)

References

Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Bidyanus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Bidyanus Species of 'Bidyanus' in FishBase. December 2019 version.