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Pseudopercis

Pseudopercis is a genus of ray-finned fish which are part of the family Pinguipedidae, the sandperches. They are from the coastal waters of South America and are distinguished from other Neotropical sandperches in their more robust heads and bodies.

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Pseudopercis
Pseudopercis numida
Pseudopercis semifasciata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Labriformes
Family: Pinguipedidae
Genus: Pseudopercis
Miranda Ribeiro, 19031
Type species
Pseudopercis numida
Miranda Ribeiro, 1903

Pseudopercis is a genus of ray-finned fish which are part of the family Pinguipedidae, the sandperches. They are from the coastal waters of South America and are distinguished from other Neotropical sandperches in their more robust heads and bodies.2

Species

There are two recognised species in the genus Pseudopercis:3

  • Pseudopercis numida Miranda Ribeiro, 1903 - Namorado sandperch
  • Pseudopercis semifasciata (Cuvier, 1829) - Argentinian sandperch
References

References

  1. Bailly N, ed. (2014). "Pseudopercis Miranda Ribeiro, 1903". FishBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  2. Ierecê L. Rosa & Ricardo S. Rosa (1997). "Systematic revision of the South American species of Pinguipedidae (Teleostei, Trachinoidei)". Revista Brasileira de Zoologia. 14 (4): 845–865. doi:10.1590/S0101-81751997000400009.
  3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Pseudopercis". FishBase. February 2018 version.