Temperate perch
| Temperate perches Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
| Percichthys trucha | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Centrarchiformes |
| Suborder: | Centrarchoidei |
| Family: | Percichthyidae D. S. Jordan & C. H. Eigenmann, 1890 |
| Genera | |
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see text | |
| Synonyms | |
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Gadopsidae | |
Percichthyidae, the temperate perches, are a family of freshwater ray-finned fish found in Australia and southern South America. Formerly placed in the order Perciformes, they are now placed in the order Centrarchiformes.
The name Percichthyidae derives from the Latin perca for perch and Ancient Greek ἰχθύς, ichthys for fish.