| Pseudopercis | |
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| Pseudopercis numida | |
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| Pseudopercis semifasciata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Trachiniformes |
| Family: | Pinguipedidae |
| Genus: | Pseudopercis Miranda Ribeiro, 1903[1] |
| Type species | |
| Pseudopercis numida Miranda Ribeiro, 1903 | |
Pseudopercis is a genus of bony fish which are part of the family Pinguipedidae, the sandperches. They are from the coastal waters of South America and are distinguished from other Neotropical sandperches in their more robust heads and bodies.[2]
Species
There are two recognised species in the genus Pseudopercis:[3]
- Pseudopercis numida Miranda Ribeiro, 1903 - Namorado sandperch
- Pseudopercis semifasciata (Cuvier, 1829) - Argentinian sandperch
References
- ↑ Bailly N, ed. (2014). "Pseudopercis Miranda Ribeiro, 1903". FishBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
- ↑ Ierecê L. Rosa & Ricardo S. Rosa (1997). "Systematic revision of the South American species of Pinguipedidae (Teleostei, Trachinoidei)". Revista Brasileira de Zoologia. 14 (4): 845–865. doi:10.1590/S0101-81751997000400009.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). Species of Pseudopercis in FishBase. February 2018 version.
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