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Perches, Darters, and allies
Percidae
The Percidae are a family of perciform fish found in fresh and brackish waters of the Northern Hemisphere. The majority are Nearctic, but there are also Palearctic species. The family contains about 200 species in 11 genera. The perches, and their relatives are in this family; well-known species include the walleye, sauger, ruffe, and three species of perch. However, small fish known as darters are also a part of this family.
3 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 251 known species
Darters
subfamilyEtheostomatinae
Perches, Ruffes, and Allies
subfamilyPercinae
Pikeperches, Zingels, and Allies
subfamilyLuciopercinae
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 48158.