Pseudopercis

Pseudopercis is a genus of ray-finned fish which are part of the family Pinguipedidae, the sandperches. They are from the coastal waters of South America and are distinguished from other Neotropical sandperches in their more robust heads and bodies.^[2]

Pseudopercis
Pseudopercis numida
Pseudopercis semifasciata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Labriformes
Family:	Pinguipedidae
Genus:	Pseudopercis Miranda Ribeiro, 1903[1]
Type species
Pseudopercis numida Miranda Ribeiro, 1903

Species

There are two recognised species in the genus Pseudopercis:^[3]

• Pseudopercis numida Miranda Ribeiro, 1903 - Namorado sandperch
• Pseudopercis semifasciata (Cuvier, 1829) - Argentinian sandperch