| Percichthys Temporal range:
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| P. melanops | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Centrarchiformes |
| Family: | Percichthyidae |
| Genus: | Percichthys Girard, 1855 |
| Type species | |
| Percichthys chilensis Girard, 18551
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Percichthys is a genus of temperate perches native to freshwater habitats in Argentina and Chile.3
The earliest fossil member of the genus is Percichthys hondoensis from the early Eocene of Argentina.4
Species
The currently recognized species in this genus are:3
- Percichthys chilensis Girard, 1855
- Percichthys colhuapiensis MacDonagh, 1955 (largemouth perch)
- Percichthys laevis (Jenyns, 1840)
- Percichthys melanops Girard, 1855
- Percichthys trucha (Valenciennes, 1833) (creole perch)
References
References
- Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Percichthys". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
- Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Percichthyidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Percichthys". FishBase. February 2014 version.
- Arratia, Gloria; Quezada-Romegialli, Claudio (2019-04-25). "The South American and Australian percichthyids and perciliids. What is new about them?". Neotropical Ichthyology. 17 e180102. doi:10.1590/1982-0224-20180102. ISSN 1679-6225.