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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: Paracanthopterygii
Series: Percopsaria
Ordo: Percopsiformes
Familia: Percopsidae
Genus: Percopsis
Species: P. omiscomaycus – P. transmontana
Name

Percopsis Agassiz, 1849

Type species: Percopsis pellucida Thompson, 1850
References

Agassiz, L. (1849) Two new fishes from Lake Superior. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History v. 3 (1848-1851): 80–81.
Poly, W. J. 2004. Family Percopsidae Agassiz 1850—trout perches and sand rollers. California Academy of Sciences. Annotated Checklists of Fishes No. 23. 5 pp. Online access
Nelson, J.S. 2006. Fishes of the World, fourth edition. John Wiley, Hoboken, 624 pp. ISBN 0-471-25031-7. ISBN 978-0-471-25031-9. Reference page.
Percopsis – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Percopsis is a small genus of percopsiform fishes native to North America, with these two recognized species:[1]

Percopsis omiscomaycus (Walbaum, 1792) (trout-perch)
Percopsis transmontana (C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1892) (sand roller)

References

Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Percopsis in FishBase. April 2012 version.

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