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Little pygmy perch

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Little pygmy perch
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Centrarchiformes
Family: Percichthyidae
Genus: Nannoperca
Species:
N. pygmaea
Binomial name
Nannoperca pygmaea

The little pygmy perch (Nannoperca pygmaea) is a freshwater species of ray finned fish, a temperate perch from the family Percichthyidae that is endemic to south-western Western Australia. It is known from just four sites[2] in the Denmark catchment.[1] It is found in tannin stained, acidic and shallow streams in woodland dominated by Melaleuca rhaphiophylla.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Beatty, S.; Morgan, D.L. (2019). "Nannoperca pygmaea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T122906197A123382291. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T122906197A123382291.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ Bray, Dianne J. (2011). "Little Pygmy Perch, Nannoperca pygmaea Morgan, Beatty & Adams 2013". Fishes of Australia. Museum Victoria. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Nannoperca pygmea". FishBase. December 2019 version.