Percarina

Percarina
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Percidae
Subfamily: Percinae
Genus:
Nordmann, 1840
Type species
Percarina demidoffii
Nordmann, 1840[1]

Percarina is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Percidae found in eastern Europe. They are characterised by having the first dorsal fin, having 9โ€“11 spines and being widely separated from the second dorsal fin.[2]

Previously, they were treated as the only taxon in the monotypic subfamily Percarininae,[3] but they are now placed with the perches and ruffes in the Percinae.[4]

Species

There are currently two recognised species in the genus:[5]

References

  1. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Percarina". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
  2. ^ Carol A. Stepien & Amanda Haponski (2015). "Taxonomy, Distribution, and Evolution of the Percidae". In Patrick Kestemont; Konrad Dabrowski & Robert C. Summerfelt (eds.). Biology and Culture of Percid Fishes. Springer, Dordrecht. pp. 3โ€“60. doi:10.1007/978-94-017-7227-3_1. ISBN 978-94-017-7227-3.
  3. ^ J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Wiley. pp. 448โ€“450. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6.
  4. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Percidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
  5. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Percarina". FishBase. December 2019 version.