Nannoperca

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: Percichthyoidei

Familia: Percichthyidae
Genus: Nannoperca
Species: N. australis – N. obscura – N. oxleyana – N. pygmaea – N. variegata
Name

Nannoperca Günther, 1861

Type species: Nannoperca australis Günther, 1861

Synonyms

Microperca Castelnau, 1872
Paradules Klunzinger, 1872
Percamia Bleeker, 1876

References

Günther, A.; 1861: On a new genus of Australian freshwater fishes. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1861 (1): 116–117, Pl. 19.
Nannoperca and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.

Links

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

Vernacular names
English: Pigmy Perches

Nannoperca or pygmy perch is a genus of temperate perches endemic to freshwater systems of Australia.[3]
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

Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Nannoperca". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Percichthyidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). Species of Nannoperca in FishBase. February 2014 version.
Bray, Dianne J. (2011). "Balston's Pygmy Perch, Nannatherina balstoni Regan 1906". Fishes of Australia. Museum Victoria. Retrieved 11 May 2015.