Percopsis
Appearance
Percopsis | |
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Trout-perch (P. omiscomaycus) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Percopsiformes |
Family: | Percopsidae |
Genus: | Percopsis Agassiz, 1849 |
Type species | |
Percopsis omiscomaycus |
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)
A third species called Percopsis pampangensis is from the Eocene of Pampanga.
References
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Percopsis in FishBase. April 2012 version.