Percopsidae

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]

Percopsidae
Percopsis omiscomaycus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Percopsiformes
Family:
Percopsidae

Agassiz, 1850
Genera[1][2][3]
  • †Massamorichthys Murray 1996
  • †Amphiplaga Cope 1877
  • †Erismatopterus Cope 1870
  • Percopsis Agassiz 1849
Amphiplaga brachyptera

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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