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Dinopercidae Heemstra & Hecht, 1986

151435 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:151435)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Gnathostomata (Infraphylum)
  6. Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
  7. Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
  8. Actinopteri (Superclass)
  9. Teleostei (Class)
  10. Eupercaria incertae sedis (Order)
  11. Dinopercidae (Family)
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Eupercaria incertae sedis

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Description Habitat: demersal, on rocky reefs from a few meters to beyond 20 m depth Distribution: Angola (Centrarchops), south Africa...  
Description Habitat: demersal, on rocky reefs from a few meters to beyond 20 m depth Distribution: Angola (Centrarchops), south Africa and Western Indian Ocean (Dinoperca) Diagnostic characters: head, body and fins covered with small ctenoid scales; opercle ends in two points; dorsal fin with 9 to 11 spines and 18 to 20 soft-rays; soft dorsal and anal fins high anteriorly; lateral line extends to end of caudal fin  [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Dinopercidae Heemstra & Hecht, 1986. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=151435 on 2026-07-09
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2005-04-06 10:22:32Z
created
Claus, Simon
2015-04-17 08:48:21Z
changed
Bailly, Nicolas
2021-06-30 11:52:24Z
changed
Bailly, Nicolas

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Nomenclature

basis of record Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] 

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

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Description Habitat: demersal, on rocky reefs from a few meters to beyond 20 m depth Distribution: Angola (Centrarchops), south Africa and Western Indian Ocean (Dinoperca) Diagnostic characters: head, body and fins covered with small ctenoid scales; opercle ends in two points; dorsal fin with 9 to 11 spines and 18 to 20 soft-rays; soft dorsal and anal fins high anteriorly; lateral line extends to end of caudal fin  [details]
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English cavebasses  [details]
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