''Nannoperca'' or pygmy perch is a
genus
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of
temperate perch
Percichthyidae, the temperate perches, are a family of freshwater ray-finned fish found in Australia and southern South America. Formerly placed in the order Perciformes, they are now placed in the order Centrarchiformes.
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es
endemic
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to
freshwater
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systems of
Australia
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Species
The currently recognized species in this genus are:Nannoperca obscura
''Nannoperca'' or pygmy perch is a genus of temperate perches endemism, endemic to freshwater systems of Australia.
Species
The currently recognized species in this genus are:
* ''Nannoperca australis'' Albert Günther, Günther, 1861 (Southern ...
'' ( Klunzinger, 1872) (Yarra pygmy perch)
* '' Nannoperca oxleyana'' Whitley, 1940 (Oxleyan pygmy perch)
* '' Nannoperca pygmaea'' D. L. Morgan, Beatty Beatty may refer to:
Places U.S. places
* Beatty, Nevada
* Beatty, Ohio
* Beatty, Oregon
* Beatty, Kentucky, now known as Beattyville
Other places
* Beatty, Saskatchewan
Beatty ( 2016 population: ) is a village in the Canadian province of S ...
& 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''.
References
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Taxa named by Albert Günther
Freshwater fish genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Ray-finned fish genera
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