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Perca (perch)

Actinopteri - Perciformes

Taxonomy
Perca was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was reranked as Otolithus (Perca) by Casier (1966).

It was assigned to Otolithus by Casier (1966); to Percidae by Danil'chenko (1980) and Shoshani et al. (1989); and to Percoidei by Lin et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Perca Linnaeus p. 289
1966Otolithus (Perca) Casier p. 438
1980Perca Danil'chenko p. 122
1989Perca Shoshani et al. p. 436
2017Perca Lin et al. p. 897

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
RankNameAuthor
—Osteoglossocephalai
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Euteleosteomorpha
—NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
—Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
—Ctenosquamata
—Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
—Euacanthomorphacea
—Percomorphaceae
—Percomorpharia
orderPerciformesBleeker 1859
suborderPercoidei(Bleeker 1859)
genusPerca

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Perca Linnaeus 1758 [perch]
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†Perca angusta Agassiz 1834
†Perca beaumonti Agassiz 1836
†Perca fluviatilis Linnaeus 1758
†Perca lactarioides Lin et al. 2017
†Perca lepidota Agassiz 1832
†Perca meiformis Lin et al. 2017
†Perca uraschista Reuss 1852
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:38:14
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:38:14
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Holocene or 47.80000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France Perca acquitanica, Perca pseudolestidiops, Perca lactaroides (188958) Perca lactaroides (188962) Perca meiiformis (188960) Perca pseudolestidiops (188961) Perca pseudolestidiops, Perca meiiformis, Perca lactaroides (188957)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Germany (Bavaria) Perca sp. (206345)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Ukraine (Odessa) Perca sp. (76502)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) Perca fluviatilis (199747)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Kansas) Perca flavescens (20165)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom Perca fluviatilis (34981)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom (Norfolk) Perca fluviatilis (49816)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom (England) Perca fluviatilis (78010)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Michigan) Perca flavescens (63150)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Russian Federation Perca fluviatilis (171637)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Quebec) Perca flavescens (224189)