Siniperca chuatsi

Mandarin fish
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Centrarchiformes
Family: Sinipercidae
Genus: Siniperca
Species:
S. chuatsi
Binomial name
Siniperca chuatsi
(Basilewsky, 1855)
Synonyms
  • Perca chuatsi Basilewsky, 1855
  • Actenolepis ditmarii Dybowski, 1872

Siniperca chuatsi, the mandarin fish (Chinese: 鱖魚,), is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish from the family Sinipercidae, the Oriental perches. It is the type species of the genus Siniperca (Chinese perches).