Southern pygmy perch

Southern pygmy perch
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Centrarchiformes
Family: Percichthyidae
Genus: Nannoperca
Species:
N. australis
Binomial name
Nannoperca australis
Günther, 1861
Synonyms
  • Paradules leetus Klunzinger, 1872
  • Nannoperca riverinae Macleay, 1881
  • Microperca tasmaniae Johnston, 1883
  • Nannoperca australis flindersi E.O.G. Scott, 1971

The southern pygmy perch (Nannoperca australis), also known as the Tasmanian pygmy perch, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish, a temperate perch from the family Percichthyidae which is native to south-eastern Australia and Tasmania.