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Nannoperca

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Perciformes

Scientific name
  
Nannoperca

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Chordata

Family
  
Percichthyidae

Higher classification
  
Temperate perch

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Lower classifications
  
Western pygmy perch, Yarra pygmy perch, Nannoperca oxleyana, Golden pygmy perch

Brauer landscape genomics of a threatened freshwater fish nannoperca australis


Nannoperca is a genus of temperate perches endemic to Australia.

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Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are:

  • Nannoperca australis Günther, 1861 (Southern pygmy perch)
  • Nannoperca obscura (Klunzinger, 1872) (Yarra pygmy perch)
  • Nannoperca oxleyana Whitley, 1940 (Oxleyan pygmy perch)
  • Nannoperca pygmaea D. L. Morgan, Beatty & M. Adams, 2013 (little pygmy perch)
  • Nannoperca variegata Kuiter & G. R. Allen, 1986 (golden pygmy perch)
  • Nannoperca vittata (Castelnau, 1873) (western pygmy perch)

    • Balston's pygmy perch, previously Nannoperca balstoni has now been renamed Nannatherina balstoni.

    References

    Nannoperca Wikipedia
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