Percidae

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Percidae
Yellow perch (Perca flavescens)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes Family: Percidae
Genera
Ammocrypta Crystallaria Etheostoma Gymnocephalus Perca Percarina Percina Romanichthys Sander Zingel See text for species.

The Percidae are a family of perciform fish found in fresh and brackish waters of the Northern Hemisphere. The family contains about 200 species in ten genera. The darters, perches, and their relatives are in this family: well-known species include the walleye, ruffe, and three species of perch.

[edit] Species

FishBase lists 204 species in ten genera:^[1]

• Genus Ammocrypta (sand darters)
  • Naked sand darter, Ammocrypta beanii Jordan, 1877.
  • Florida sand darter, Ammocrypta bifascia Williams, 1975.
  • Western sand darter, Ammocrypta clara Jordan & Meek, 1885.
  • Southern sand darter, Ammocrypta meridiana Williams, 1975.
  • Eastern sand darter, Ammocrypta pellucida (Agassiz, 1863).
  • Scaly sand darter, Ammocrypta vivax Hay, 1882.
• Genus Crystallaria
  • Crystal darter, Crystallaria asprella (Jordan, 1878).
  • Crystallaria cincotta Welsh & Wood, 2008.
• Genus Etheostoma (smoothbelly darters)
  • Sharphead darter, Etheostoma acuticeps Bailey, 1959.
  • Coppercheek darter, Etheostoma aquali Williams & Etnier, 1978.
  • Redspot darter, Etheostoma artesiae (Hay, 1881).
  • Mud darter, Etheostoma asprigene (Forbes, 1878).
  • Cumberland snubnose darter, Etheostoma atripinne (Jordan, 1877).
  • Conchos darter, Etheostoma australe Jordan, 1889.
  • Emerald darter, Etheostoma baileyi Page & Burr, 1982.
  • Teardrop darter, Etheostoma barbouri Kuehne & Small, 1971.
  • Splendid darter, Etheostoma barrenense Burr & Page, 1982.
  • Corrugated darter, Etheostoma basilare Page, Hardman & Near, 2003.
  • Warrior darter, Etheostoma bellator Suttkus & Bailey, 1993.
  • Orangefin darter, Etheostoma bellum Zorach, 1968.
  • Buffalo darter, Etheostoma bison Ceas & Page, 1997.
  • Greenside darter, Etheostoma blennioides Rafinesque, 1819.
  • Blenny darter, Etheostoma blennius Gilbert & Swain, 1887.
  • Slackwater darter, Etheostoma boschungi Wall & Williams, 1974.
  • Holiday darter, Etheostoma brevirostrum Suttkus & Etnier, 1991.
  • Brook darter, Etheostoma burri Ceas & Page, 1997.
  • Rainbow darter, Etheostoma caeruleum Storer, 1845.
  • Bluebreast darter, Etheostoma camurum (Cope, 1870).
  • Chickasaw darter, Etheostoma cervus Powers & Mayden, 2003.
  • Vermilion darter, Etheostoma chermocki Boschung, Mayden & Tomelleri, 1992.
  • Relict darter, Etheostoma chienense Page & Ceas, 1992.
  • Greenfin darter, Etheostoma chlorobranchium Zorach, 1972.
  • Bluntnose darter, Etheostoma chlorosoma (Hay, 1881).
  • Lipstick darter, Etheostoma chuckwachatte Mayden & Wood, 1993.
  • Ashy darter, Etheostoma cinereum Storer, 1845.
  • Creole darter, Etheostoma collettei Birdsong & Knapp, 1969.
  • Carolina darter, Etheostoma collis (Hubbs & Cannon, 1935).
  • Coastal darter, Etheostoma colorosum Suttkus & Bailey, 1993.
  • Coosa darter, Etheostoma coosae (Fowler, 1945).
  • Crown darter, Etheostoma corona Page & Ceas, 1992.
  • Arkansas darter, Etheostoma cragini Gilbert, 1885.
  • Fringed darter, Etheostoma crossopterum Braasch & Mayden, 1985.
  • Choctawhatchee darter, Etheostoma davisoni Hay, 1885.
  • Golden darter, Etheostoma denoncourti Stauffer & van Snik, 1997.
  • Stone darter, Etheostoma derivativum Page, Hardman & Near, 2003.
  • Coldwater darter, Etheostoma ditrema Ramsey & Suttkus, 1965.
  • Tuskaloossa darter, Etheostoma douglasi Wood & Mayden, 1993.
  • Black darter, Etheostoma duryi Henshall, 1889.
  • Brown darter, Etheostoma edwini (Hubbs & Cannon, 1935).
  • Cherry darter, Etheostoma etnieri Bouchard, 1977.
  • Etowah darter, Etheostoma etowahae Wood & Mayden, 1993.
  • Arkansas saddled darter, Etheostoma euzonum (Hubbs & Black, 1940).
  • Iowa darter, Etheostoma exile (Girard, 1859).
  • Fantail darter, Etheostoma flabellare Rafinesque, 1819.
  • Saffron darter, Etheostoma flavum Etnier & Bailey, 1989.
  • Fountain darter, Etheostoma fonticola (Jordan & Gilbert, 1886).
  • Barrens darter, Etheostoma forbesi Page & Ceas, 1992.
  • Strawberry darter, Etheostoma fragi Distler, 1968.
  • Savannah darter, Etheostoma fricksium Hildebrand, 1923.
  • Swamp darter, Etheostoma fusiforme (Girard, 1854).
  • Slough darter, Etheostoma gracile (Girard, 1859).
  • Rio Grande darter, Etheostoma grahami (Girard, 1859).
  • Tuckasegee darter, Etheostoma gutselli (Hildebrand, 1932).
  • Harlequin darter, Etheostoma histrio Jordan & Gilbert, 1887.
  • Christmas darter, Etheostoma hopkinsi (Fowler, 1945).
  • Turquoise darter, Etheostoma inscriptum (Jordan & Brayton, 1878).
  • Blueside darter, Etheostoma jessiae (Jordan & Brayton, 1878).
  • Greenbreast darter, Etheostoma jordani Gilbert, 1891.
  • Yoke darter, Etheostoma juliae Meek, 1891.
  • Kanawha darter, Etheostoma kanawhae (Raney, 1941).
  • Highland Rim darter, Etheostoma kantuckeense Ceas & Page, 1997.
  • Stripetail darter, Etheostoma kennicotti (Putnam, 1863).
  • Tombigbee darter, Etheostoma lachneri Suttkus & Bailey, 1994.
  • Headwater darter, Etheostoma lawrencei Ceas & Burr, 2002.
  • Greenthroat darter, Etheostoma lepidum (Baird & Girard, 1853).
  • Longfin darter, Etheostoma longimanum Jordan, 1888.
  • Tufa darter, Etheostoma lugoi Norris & Minckley, 1997.
  • Redband darter, Etheostoma luteovinctum Gilbert & Swain, 1887.
  • Brighteye darter, Etheostoma lynceum Hay, 1885.
  • Spotted darter, Etheostoma maculatum Kirtland, 1841.
  • Pinewoods darter, Etheostoma mariae (Fowler, 1947).
  • Smallscale darter, Etheostoma microlepidum Raney & Zorach, 1967.
  • Least darter, Etheostoma microperca Jordan & Gilbert, 1888.
  • Yellowcheek darter, Etheostoma moorei Raney & Suttkus, 1964.
  • Lollipop darter, Etheostoma neopterum Howell & Dingerkus, 1978.
  • Niangua darter, Etheostoma nianguae Gilbert & Meek, 1887.
  • Blackfin darter, Etheostoma nigripinne Braasch & Mayden, 1985.
  • Johnny darter, Etheostoma nigrum Rafinesque, 1820.
  • Watercress darter, Etheostoma nuchale Howell & Caldwell, 1965.
  • Barcheek darter, Etheostoma obeyense Kirsch, 1892.
  • Okaloosa darter, Etheostoma okaloosae (Fowler, 1941).
  • Sooty darter, Etheostoma olivaceum Braasch & Page, 1979.
  • Tessellated darter, Etheostoma olmstedi Storer, 1842.
  • Guardian darter, Etheostoma oophylax Ceas & Page, 1992.
  • Candy darter, Etheostoma osburni (Hubbs & Trautman, 1932).
  • Paleback darter, Etheostoma pallididorsum Distler & Metcalf, 1962.
  • Goldstripe darter, Etheostoma parvipinne Gilbert & Swain, 1887.
  • Duskytail darter, Etheostoma percnurum Jenkins, 1994.
  • Waccamaw darter, Etheostoma perlongum (Hubbs & Raney, 1946).
  • Rush darter, Etheostoma phytophilum Bart & Taylor, 1999.
  • Riverweed darter, Etheostoma podostemone Jordan & Jenkins, 1889.
  • Chihuahua darter, Etheostoma pottsii (Girard, 1859).
  • Cypress darter, Etheostoma proeliare (Hay, 1881).
  • Egg-mimic darter, Etheostoma pseudovulatum Page & Ceas, 1992.
  • Stippled darter, Etheostoma punctulatum (Agassiz, 1854).
  • Firebelly darter, Etheostoma pyrrhogaster Bailey & Etnier, 1988.
  • Orangebelly darter, Etheostoma radiosum (Hubbs & Black, 1941).
  • Kentucky darter, Etheostoma rafinesquei Burr & Page, 1982.
  • Alabama darter, Etheostoma ramseyi Suttkus & Bailey, 1994.
  • Yazoo darter, Etheostoma raneyi Suttkus & Bart, 1994.
  • Bayou darter, Etheostoma rubrum Raney & Suttkus, 1966.
  • Redline darter, Etheostoma rufilineatum (Cope, 1870).
  • Rock darter, Etheostoma rupestre Gilbert & Swain, 1887.
  • Arrow darter, Etheostoma sagitta (Jordan & Swain, 1883).
  • Saluda darter, Etheostoma saludae (Hubbs & Cannon, 1935).
  • Bloodfin darter, Etheostoma sanguifluum (Cope, 1870).
  • Cherokee darter, Etheostoma scotti Bauer, Etnier & Burkhead, 1995.
  • Río Salado darter, Etheostoma segrex Norris & Minckley, 1997.
  • Maryland darter, Etheostoma sellare (Radcliffe & Welsh, 1913).
  • Etheostoma sequatchiense Burr, 1979.
  • Sawcheek darter, Etheostoma serrifer (Hubbs & Cannon, 1935).
  • Snubnose darter, Etheostoma simoterum (Cope, 1868).
  • Slabrock darter, Etheostoma smithi Page & Braasch, 1976.
  • Orangethroat darter, Etheostoma spectabile (Agassiz, 1854).
  • Spottail darter, Etheostoma squamiceps Jordan, 1877.
  • Speckled darter, Etheostoma stigmaeum (Jordan, 1877).
  • Striated darter, Etheostoma striatulum Page & Braasch, 1977.
  • Cumberland darter, Etheostoma susanae (Jordan & Swain, 1883).
  • Gulf darter, Etheostoma swaini (Jordan, 1884).
  • Swannanoa darter, Etheostoma swannanoa Jordan & Evermann, 1889.
  • Tallapoosa darter, Etheostoma tallapoosae Suttkus & Etnier, 1991.
  • Shawnee darter, Etheostoma tecumsehi Ceas & Page, 1997.
  • Missouri saddled darter, Etheostoma tetrazonum (Hubbs & Black, 1940).
  • Seagreen darter, Etheostoma thalassinum (Jordan & Brayton, 1878).
  • Tippecanoe darter, Etheostoma tippecanoe Jordan & Evermann, 1890.
  • Trispot darter, Etheostoma trisella Bailey & Richards, 1963.
  • Tuscumbia darter, Etheostoma tuscumbia Gilbert & Swain, 1887.
  • Current darter, Etheostoma uniporum Distler, 1968.
  • Variegate darter, Etheostoma variatum Kirtland, 1838.
  • Striped darter, Etheostoma virgatum (Jordan, 1880).
  • Glassy darter, Etheostoma vitreum (Cope, 1870).
  • Wounded darter, Etheostoma vulneratum (Cope, 1870).
  • Boulder darter, Etheostoma wapiti Etnier & Williams, 1989.
  • Redfin darter, Etheostoma whipplei (Girard, 1859).
  • Banded darter, Etheostoma zonale (Cope, 1868).
  • Backwater darter, Etheostoma zonifer (Hubbs & Cannon, 1935).
  • Bandfin darter, Etheostoma zonistium Bailey & Etnier, 1988.
• Genus Gymnocephalus (European ruffes)
  • Donets ruffe, Gymnocephalus acerinus (Güldenstädt, 1774).
  • Danube ruffe, Gymnocephalus baloni Holcík & Hensel, 1974.
  • Ruffe, Gymnocephalus cernuus (Linnaeus, 1758).
  • Schraetzer, Gymnocephalus schraetser (Linnaeus, 1758).
• Genus Perca (yellow perches)
  • Yellow perch, Perca flavescens (Mitchill, 1814).
  • European perch, Perca fluviatilis Linnaeus, 1758.
  • Balkhash perch, Perca schrenkii Kessler, 1874.
• Genus Percarina
  • Percarina, Percarina demidoffii Nordmann, 1840.
• Genus Percina (roughbelly darters)
  • Amber darter, Percina antesella Williams & Etnier, 1977.
  • Tangerine darter, Percina aurantiaca (Cope, 1868).
  • Goldline darter, Percina aurolineata Suttkus & Ramsey, 1967.
  • Pearl darter, Percina aurora Suttkus & Thompson, 1994.
  • Southern logperch, Percina austroperca Thompson, 1995.
  • Coal darter, Percina brevicauda Suttkus & Bart, 1994.
  • Blotchside darter, Percina burtoni Fowler, 1945.
  • Logperch, Percina caprodes (Rafinesque, 1818).
  • Texas logperch, Percina carbonaria (Baird & Girard, 1853).
  • Channel darter, Percina copelandi (Jordan, 1877).
  • Piedmont darter, Percina crassa (Jordan & Brayton, 1878).
  • Bluestripe darter, Percina cymatotaenia (Gilbert & Meek, 1887).
  • Gilt darter, Percina evides (Jordan & Copeland, 1877).
  • Ozark logperch, Percina fulvitaenia Morris & Page, 1981.
  • Appalachia darter, Percina gymnocephala Beckham, 1980.
  • Conasauga logperch, Percina jenkinsi Thompson, 1985.
  • Mobile logperch, Percina kathae Thompson, 1997.
  • Percina kusha Williams & Burkhead, 2007.
  • Freckled darter, Percina lenticula Richards & Knapp, 1964.
  • Longhead darter, Percina macrocephala (Cope, 1867).
  • Bigscale logperch, Percina macrolepida Stevenson, 1971.
  • Blackside darter, Percina maculata (Girard, 1859).
  • Longnose darter, Percina nasuta (Bailey, 1941).
  • Chainback darter, Percina nevisense (Cope, 1870).
  • Blackbanded darter, Percina nigrofasciata (Agassiz, 1854).
  • Stripeback darter, Percina notogramma (Raney & Hubbs, 1948).
  • Sharpnose darter, Percina oxyrhynchus (Hubbs & Raney, 1939).
  • Bronze darter, Percina palmaris (Bailey, 1940).
  • Leopard darter, Percina pantherina (Moore & Reeves, 1955).
  • Shield darter, Percina peltata (Stauffer, 1864).
  • Slenderhead darter, Percina phoxocephala (Nelson, 1876).
  • Roanoke logperch, Percina rex (Jordan & Evermann, 1889).
  • Roanoke darter, Percina roanoka (Jordan & Jenkins, 1889).
  • Dusky darter, Percina sciera (Swain, 1883).
  • River darter, Percina shumardi (Girard, 1859).
  • Percina sipsi Williams & Neely, 2007.
  • Percina smithvanizi Williams & Walsh, 2007.
  • Olive darter, Percina squamata (Gilbert & Swain, 1887).
  • Frecklebelly darter, Percina stictogaster Burr & Page, 1993.
  • Gulf logperch, Percina suttkusi Thompson, 1997.
  • Snail darter, Percina tanasi Etnier, 1976.
  • Stargazing darter, Percina uranidea (Jordan & Gilbert, 1887).
  • Saddleback darter, Percina vigil (Hay, 1882).
• Genus Romanichthys
  • Asprete, Romanichthys valsanicola Dumitrescu, Banarescu & Stoica, 1957.
• Genus Sander (pike-perches)
  • Sauger, Sander canadensis (Griffith & Smith, 1834).
  • Zander, Sander lucioperca (Linnaeus, 1758).
  • Estuarine perch, Sander marinus (Cuvier, 1828).
  • Walleye, Sander vitreus (Mitchill, 1818).
  • Volga pikeperch, Sander volgensis (Gmelin, 1789).
• Genus Zingel
  • Rhone streber, Zingel asper (Linnaeus, 1758).
  • Zingel balcanicus (Karaman, 1937).
  • Danube streber, Zingel streber (Siebold, 1863).
  • Zingel, Zingel zingel (Linnaeus, 1766).

[edit] References

1. ^ "Percidae". FishBase. Ed. Rainer Froese and Daniel Pauly. May 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.