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Nannoperca

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

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassTeleostei
  4. OrderPerciformes
  5. FamilyPercichthyidae
Habitatbrackish, freshwater

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Specimen records
20
With media
2
Family
Percichthyidae
Collections
NMV, TMAG, QVMAG, SAMA, MNHN
Recorded in
Australia, Australie

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Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Percichthyidae
Image
Pygmy Perch Male.jpg
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taxon name
Nannoperca
taxon rank
genus
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Category:Nannoperca
Commons category
Nannoperca
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Nannoperca or pygmy perch is a genus of temperate perches endemic to freshwater systems of Australia.

==Species== The currently recognized species in this genus are: 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.

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