Percichthys

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: Percichthys
Species: P. chilensis – P. colhuapiensis – P. laevis – P. melanops – P. trucha
Name

Percichthys Girard, 1855
References

Percichthys – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Percichthys species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2022. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 08/2021.

Vernacular names

Percichthys is a genus of temperate perches native to freshwater habitats in Argentina and Chile.[3]
Species

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

Percichthys chilensis Girard, 1855
Percichthys colhuapiensis MacDonagh, 1955 (largemouth perch)
Percichthys laevis (Jenyns, 1840)
Percichthys melanops Girard, 1855
Percichthys trucha (Valenciennes, 1833) (creole perch)

References

Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Percichthys". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 16 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 16 May 2020.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). Species of Percichthys in FishBase. February 2014 version.