Siniperca

Siniperca
Leopard mandarin fish (S. scherzeri)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Centrarchiformes
Family: Sinipercidae
Genus: Siniperca
T. N. Gill, 1862[1]
Type species
Siniperca chuatsi
Basilewsky, 1855[1]
Synonyms[2]

Siniperca or the Chinese perch is a genus of centrarchiform ray-finned fish native to freshwater habitats in continental East Asia. Although its native ranges can extend to northern Vietnam, the majority of the species are entirely or largely restricted to China.[3]

Species

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

References

  1. ^ a b Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Siniperca". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  2. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Sinipercidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  3. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Siniperca". FishBase. February 2014 version.
  4. ^ Song, S., Zhao, J. & Li, C. (2017): Species delimitation and phylogenetic reconstruction of the sinipercids (Perciformes: Sinipercidae) based on target enrichment of thousands of nuclear coding sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 111: 44-55.
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