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Percidae

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Yellow perch (Perca flavescens)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Percidae
Genera

Ammocrypta
Crystallaria
Etheostoma
Gymnocephalus
Perca
Percarina
Percina
Romanichthys
Sander
Zingel
See text for species.

The Percidae are a family of perciform fish found in fresh and brackish waters of the Northern Hemisphere. The family contains about 200 species in ten genera. The darters, perches, and their relatives are in this family: well-known species include the walleye, ruffe, and three species of perch.

[edit] Species

FishBase lists 204 species in ten genera:<ref>"Percidae". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. May 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.</ref>

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