Sinipercidae | |
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Siniperca scherzeri | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Perciformes |
Superfamily: | Percoidea |
Family: | Sinipercidae D.S. Jordan & R.E. Richardson, 1910[1] |
Type species | |
Siniperca chuatsi Basilewsky, 1855
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Genera | |
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Sinipercidae, the Chinese perches or Oriental perches, is a family of freshwater ray-finned fishes , part of the order Centrarchiformes. They have been placed within the temperate perch family, Percichthyidae in the past but may be more closely allied to the Centrarchidae.[2]