Nannoperca

Nannoperca or pygmy perch is a genus of temperate perches endemic to freshwater systems of Australia.^[3]

Nannoperca
Photos by Jim Owens Western pygmy perch (N. vittata) male (top) and female (bottom)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Centrarchiformes
Family:	Percichthyidae
Genus:	Nannoperca Günther, 1861
Type species
Nannoperca australis Günther, 1861[1]
Synonyms[2]
Microperca Castelnau, 1872 Paradules Klunzinger, 1872 Edelia Castelnau, 1873 Percamia Bleeker, 1876

Species

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

• Nannoperca australis Günther, 1861 (Southern pygmy perch)
• Nannoperca obscura (Klunzinger, 1872) (Yarra pygmy perch)
• Nannoperca oxleyana Whitley, 1940 (Oxleyan pygmy perch)
• Nannoperca pygmaea D. L. Morgan, Beatty & M. Adams, 2013 (little pygmy perch)
• Nannoperca variegata Kuiter & G. R. Allen, 1986 (golden pygmy perch)
• Nannoperca vittata (Castelnau, 1873) (western pygmy perch)
• Balston's pygmy perch, previously Nannoperca balstoni, has now been renamed Nannatherina balstoni.^[4]