Nannoperca or pygmy perch is a genus of temperate perches endemic to freshwater systems of Australia.[3]
Species
The currently recognized species in this genus are:[3]
- 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.[4]
References
- ^ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). “Nannoperca“. Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
- ^ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). “Genera in the family Percichthyidae”. Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). “Species in genus Nannoperca“. FishBase. February 2014 version.
- ^ Bray, Dianne J. (2011). “Balston’s Pygmy Perch, Nannatherina balstoni Regan 1906″. Fishes of Australia. Museum Victoria. Retrieved 11 May 2015.