Percopsidae

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Percopsidae
Percopsis omiscomaycus.jpg
Percopsis omiscomaycus
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Percopsiformes
Family: Percopsidae
Agassiz, 1850
Genera[1][2][3]
  • † Murray 1996
  • † Cope 1877
  • † Cope 1870
  • Percopsis Agassiz 1849
Amphiplaga brachyptera

Percopsidae is a family of fish in the order Percopsiformes, with one extant genus with two species, both endemic to North America, and two known fossil genera.[4]

They are small fish with weak fin spines, and an adipose fin similar to those of trout. They feed on insects and small crustaceans.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ Haaramo, Mikko (2007). "Percopsiformes". Mikko's Phylogeny Archive. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
  2. ^ Nelson, Joseph S.; Grande, Terry C.; Wilson, Mark V. H. (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 9781118342336.
  3. ^ van der Laan, Richard (2016). "Family-group names of fossil fishes". Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. ^ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). "Percopsidae" in FishBase. April 2012 version.
  5. ^ Cohen, Daniel M. (1998). Paxton, J.R.; Eschmeyer, W.N. (eds.). Encyclopedia of Fishes. San Diego: Academic Press. p. 129. ISBN 0-12-547665-5.
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