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WoRMS taxon details

Nannoperca Günther, 1861

AphiaID

269951 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:269951)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Percichthyidae Jordan & Eigenmann, 1890

Synonymised names

Microperca Castelnau, 1872 · unaccepted

Paradules Klunzinger, 1872 · unaccepted

Direct children (2)

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Species Nannoperca obscura (Klunzinger, 1872)
Species Nannoperca pygmaea Morgan, Beatty & Adams, 2013

Environment

~~marine~~, brackish, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Günther, A. (1861). On a new genus of Australian freshwater fishes. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1861. (pt 1) (art. 4) (for 26 Mar. 1861): 116-117, Pl. 19 (fig. 2). [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Nannoperca Günther, 1861. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=269951 on 2025-04-29

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-01-15 10:18:16Z

created

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Günther, A. (1861). On a new genus of Australian freshwater fishes. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1861. (pt 1) (art. 4) (for 26 Mar. 1861): 116-117, Pl. 19 (fig. 2). [details]

original description (of Microperca Castelnau, 1872) Castelnau, F. L. (1872). Contribution to the ichthyology of Australia. No. 1.--The Melbourne fish market (pp. 29-242). No. II.--Note on some South Australian fishes (pp. 243-247). Proceedings of the Zoological and Acclimatisation Society of Victoria, Melbourne. v. 1: 29-247 plus 1 p. Errata, 1 pl. [details]

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]