Sinipercidae
| Sinipercidae | |
|---|---|
| Siniperca scherzeri | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Centrarchiformes |
| Suborder: | Centrarchoidei |
| Family: | Sinipercidae D.S. Jordan & R.E. Richardson, 1910 |
| Type species | |
| Siniperca chuatsi Basilewsky, 1855 | |
| Genera | |
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Sinipercidae, the Chinese perches or Oriental perches, is a family of freshwater ray-finned fishes , part of the order Centrarchiformes. They have been placed within the temperate perch family, Percichthyidae in the past but may be more closely allied to the Centrarchidae.