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: Perciformes
Subordo: Percoidei
Superfamilia: Percoidea
Familia: Percidae
Subfamilia: Luciopercinae
Genera: Romanichthys – Sander – Zingel
Name
Luciopercinae Jordan & Evermann, 1896
References
Jordan, D.S. & B.W. Evermann 1896: The fishes of North and Middle America: a descriptive catalogue of the species of fish-like vertebrates found in the waters of North America, north of the Isthmus of Panama. Part I. Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 47: i-lx + 1-1240. BHL
Song, C.B., T.J. Near & L.M. Page 1998: Phylogenetic Relations among Percid Fishes as Inferred from Mitochondrial Cytochrome b DNA Sequence Data Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 10(3), pp. 343–353. PDF
Links
Luciopercinae in the World Register of Marine Species
Genera of Luciopercinae (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
Vernacular names
English: Pike-perches
The Luciopercinae is a subfamily of ray-finned fish, classified within the family Percidae, the subfamily includes the pike-perches and zingels. The pike-perches of the genus Sander have an Holarctic distribution while the zingels of the tribe Romanichthyini are found in Europe. They are largely freshwater species but some can be found in brackish water.
Characteristics
The species within the Luciopercinae have a number of morphological characteristics in common. These are the possession of weak spines in the anal fin, the lateral line extending as far as the margin of the caudal fin and additional lines over and under the main lateral line, having a cleithrum which does not have serrations on the pectoral girdle, and having a vertebra count of 41–50.[2]
Distribution
The Luciopercinae has a Holarctic distribution, the pike-perches of the genus Sander are found in Eurasia and North America and includes such commercially important species as the zander (Sander lucioperca) and the walleye (Sander vitreus). On the other hand the tribe Romanichthyini is restricted to Eastern Europe where the species within the tribe are all endemic to the fast flowing streams of the Danube drainage basin.[2]
Systematics
The subfamily is classified into two tribes and three genera,[3] as set out below, containing a total of 10 species:[4][1]
Tribe Luciopercini Jordan & Evermann 1896
Genus Sander Oken, 1817
Tribe Romanichthyini Dumitrescu, Bănărescu & Stoica 1957
Genus Romanichthys Dumitrescu, Bănărescu & Stoica 1957
Genus Zingel Cloquet, 1817
References
Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 001–230.
Carol A. Stepien & Amanda Haponski (2015). "Taxonomy, Distribution, and Evolution of the Percidae". In Patrick Kestemont; Konrad Dabrowski & Robert C. Summerfelt (eds.). Biology and Culture of Percid Fishes. Springer, Dordrecht. pp. 3–60. doi:10.1007/978-94-017-7227-3_1. ISBN 978-94-017-7227-3.
J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Wiley. pp. 448–450. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6. Archived from the original on 2019-04-08. Retrieved 2020-09-15.
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Family Percidae". FishBase. December 2019 version.
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