WoRMS taxon details
Percophidae Swainson, 1839
Percophinae Swainson, 1839 · unaccepted > superseded rank
- Subfamily Bembropinae Regan, 1913 accepted as Bembropidae Regan, 1913 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Subfamily Hemerocoetinae Kaup, 1873 accepted as Hemerocoetidae Kaup, 1873 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Subfamily Percophinae Swainson, 1839 accepted as Percophidae Swainson, 1839 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Description Distribution: Atlantic and Indo-West Pacific. Head depressed. Usually big-eyed. Interorbital width small. Spinous dorsal...
Description Distribution: Atlantic and Indo-West Pacific. Head depressed. Usually big-eyed. Interorbital width small. Spinous dorsal present or absent; separate from soft dorsal if present. Anal fin may have 1 spine. One spine in pelvic fin; soft rays 5. Pelvic fins widely separate. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Percophidae Swainson, 1839. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=151412 on 2024-11-20
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taxonomy source
Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 [details] Available for editors 
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context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
basis of record Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2024). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2024., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
[request]context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
basis of record Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2024). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2024., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Distribution: Atlantic and Indo-West Pacific. Head depressed. Usually big-eyed. Interorbital width small. Spinous dorsal present or absent; separate from soft dorsal if present. Anal fin may have 1 spine. One spine in pelvic fin; soft rays 5. Pelvic fins widely separate. [details]
