''Siniperca'' or the Chinese perch is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of
temperate perch
The members of the family Percichthyidae are known as the temperate perches. They belong to the order Perciformes, the perch-like fishes.
The name Percichthyidae derives from the Latin ''perca'' for perch and Ancient Greek ἰχθύς, ''ichthy ...
es native to freshwater habitats in continental
East Asia
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. Although its
native range
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s can extend to
northern Vietnam
Northern Vietnam ( vi, Bắc Bộ) is one of three geographical regions within Vietnam. It consists of three administrative regions: the Northwest (Vùng Tây Bắc), the Northeast (Vùng Đông Bắc), and the Red River Delta (Đồng Bằng S ...
, the majority of the species are entirely or largely restricted to
China.
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Species
The currently recognized species in this genus are:Siniperca chuatsi
''Siniperca chuatsi'', the mandarin fish (,), is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish from the family Sinipercidae, the Oriental perches. It is the type species of the genus '' Siniperca'' (Chinese perches).
Description
''Siniperca chautsi'' ...
'' ( Basilewsky, 1855) (mandarin fish)
* '' Siniperca fortis'' ( S. Y. Lin, 1932)
* '' Siniperca kneri'' Garman, 1912 (big-eye mandarin fish)
* '' Siniperca liuzhouensis'' C. W. Zhou, X. Y. Kong & S. R. Zhu, 1987
* '' Siniperca loona'' H. W. Wu, 1939 [Song, S., Zhao, J. & Li, C. (2017): Species delimitation and phylogenetic reconstruction of the sinipercids (Perciformes: Sinipercidae) based on target enrichment of thousands of nuclear coding sequences. ''Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 111: 44-55.'']
* '' Siniperca obscura'' Nichols Nichols may refer to:
People
*Nichols (surname)
* Nichol, a surname
Places Canada
* Nichols Islands, Nunavut
United States
* Nichols, California, an unincorporated community
* Nichols Canyon, Los Angeles, California
* Nichols, Connecticut
* N ...
, 1930
* '' Siniperca roulei'' H. W. Wu, 1930
* '' Siniperca scherzeri'' Steindachner
Franz Steindachner (11 November 1834 in Vienna – 10 December 1919 in Vienna) was an Austrian zoologist, ichthyologist, and herpetologist. He published over 200 papers on fishes and over 50 papers on reptiles and amphibians. Steindachner describ ...
, 1892 (golden or leopard mandarin fish)
* '' Siniperca undulata'' P. W. Fang & L. T. Chong, 1932
* '' Siniperca vietnamensis'' Đ. Y. Mai, 1978
References
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