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Percidae

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
FAMILY

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Perciformes
family
Percidae

Name

Homonyms
Percidae
Common names
Aborrefamilien in Danish
Aborrefamilien in Danish
Barsche in German
Echte Barsche in German
Percas d'aigua dolça i altres in Catalan–Valencian
Percas-de-água-doce e afins in Portuguese
Perch in English
Perch in English
Perches in English
Perches in English
Perches et apparentés in French
True Perches in English
True Perches in English
abborfamilien in Nynorsk, Norwegian
abborrfiskar in Swedish
ahvenet in Finnish
ahvenet in Finnish
echte baarzen in Dutch
okoniowate in Polish
okounovití in Czech
percas in Spanish
percas in Spanish
perch in English
perches in English
perches in English
perches in French
perches in English
perches et dards in French
perches et dards in French
percidés in French
pércidos in Spanish
true perches in English
true perches in English
wugara in English
zoetwaterbaarzen in Dutch
Костурови in Bulgarian
Окуневі in Ukrainian
Окунёвые in Russian
гргечи in Serbian
ปลาเพิร์ช ปลาดาร์ตเตอร์ ฯลฯ in Thai
パーチ科 in Japanese
河鱸科 in Chinese
Perches, Darters, And Allies in English
Perches, Darters, And Allies in English
abborfamilien in Norwegian Bokmål
abborfamilien in Nynorsk, Norwegian
abborrfiskar in Swedish
Barsche in German
Barsche in German
abborfamilien in Norwegian Bokmål

Bibliographic References

  1. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
  2. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version.
  3. FishBase
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. Gärdenfors, Hall, Hallingbäck, Hansson & Hedström (2003) Djur, svampar och växter i Sverige 2003. Förteckning över antal arter per familj.
  7. MacGuigan, Daniel J., and Thomas J. Near, 2019: Phylogenomic Signatures of Ancient Introgression in a Rogue Lineage of Darters (Teleostei: Percidae). Systematic Biology, vol. 68, no. 2. 329-346.
  8. Near, Thomas J., Christen M. Bossu, Gideon S. Bradburd, Rose L. Carlson, et al., 2011: Phylogeny and Temporal Diversification of Darters (Percidae: Etheostomatinae). Systematic Biology, vol. 60, no. 5. 565-595.
  9. Nelson, Joseph S., 1994: null. Fishes of the World, Third Edition. xvii + 600.
  10. Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.
  11. Riehl, R., and H. A. Baensch, 1989: null. Aquarium Atlas. 992.
  12. Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230.
  13. Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230.
  14. Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230.
  15. WoRMS Editorial Board (2017) WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species
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