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Percichthys
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Percichthys

Percichthys is a genus of temperate perches native to freshwater habitats in Argentina and Chile.

The earliest fossil member of the genus is Percichthys hondoensis from the early Eocene of Argentina.

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5 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 5 known species

Creole Perch

speciesPercichthys trucha

Percichthys chilensis

speciesPercichthys chilensis

Percichthys melanops

speciesPercichthys melanops

Largemouth perch

speciesPercichthys colhuapiensis

Percichthys laevis

speciesPercichthys laevis

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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 90919.