''Percichthys'' is a genus 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. The name Percichthyida ...

es native to freshwater habitats in

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and

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America. It is the southernmost country in the world and the closest to Antarctica, stretching along a narrow strip of land between the Andes, Andes Mountains and the Paci ...

. The earliest fossil member of the genus is '' Percichthys hondoensis'' from the early

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Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are: * '' Percichthys chilensis'' Girard, 1855 * '' Percichthys colhuapiensis'' MacDonagh, 1955 (largemouth perch) * '' Percichthys laevis'' ( Jenyns, 1840) * '' Percichthys melanops'' Girard, 1855 * '' Percichthys trucha'' (

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, 1833) (creole perch)

References

Percichthyidae Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Centrarchiformes-stub