Percidae

Percidae is a family of ray-finned fish. They are endemic to freshwater environments around the world. They live in rivers and lakes.

Percidae Temporal range: Eocene to present
Yellow perch (Perca flavescens)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Superfamily:	Percoidea
Family:	Percidae Rafinesque, 1815[1]
Subfamilies
see text

Characteristics

The family is characterized by having the dorsal fin split into two which are normally separated or have a narrow connection, although this is wider in the genus Zingel.

Systematics

• Subfamily Percinae Rafinesque, 1815
  • Genus Perca Linnaeus, 1758
• Subfamily Luciopercinae Jordan & Evermann, 1896
  • Genus Sander Oken, 1817

• Subfamily Etheostomatinae Agassiz, 1850
  • Genus Ammocrypta Jordan, 1877
  • Genus Etheostoma Rafinesque, 1817
  • Genus Nothonotus Putnam, 1863
  • Genus Percina Haldeman, 1842

• Subfamily Percarininae Gill, 1861
  • Genus Percarina Nordmann, 1840

Fossil genera

• †Mioplosus Cope, 1877
• †Priscacara Cope, 1877