Coreoperca

Coreoperca
Japanese perch, C. kawamebari
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Centrarchiformes
Family: Sinipercidae
Genus: Coreoperca
Herzenstein, 1896[1]
Type species
Coreoperca herzi
Herzenstein, 1896[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Bryttosus D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1900

Coreoperca is a genus of ray-finned fish native to eastern Asia.[3] The members of the genus Coreoperca are known as the oriental perches or eastern perches, freshwater gamefish belonging to the family Sinipercidae. These fish prefer clear, slow-moving currents on the middle reaches of rivers. Eggs are laid in May and June on plants. The eggs and fry are protected by the male. [1]

Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are:[3][4]

References

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  1. ^ a b Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Coreoperca". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  2. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Sinipercidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  3. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Coreoperca". FishBase. February 2014 version.
  4. ^ a b Cao, L. & Liang, X.-F. (2013): A new freshwater perch species of the genus Coreoperca Herzenstein (Perciformes, Serranidae, Sinipercinae) from Zhejiang Province, China. Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica, 38 (4): 891-894.
  5. ^ Nam, Gi-Soo; Nazarkin, Mikhail V.; Bannikov, Alexander F. (3 April 2023). "A new Chinese perch (Perciformes, Sinipercidae) from the early Miocene of South Korea". Historical Biology. 35 (4): 615–622. doi:10.1080/08912963.2022.2056842.


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