Author:
Jan Scholten
Book:
Qjurious
Type:
Info
Chapter:
Centrarchiformes
Zoology
Ray-finned fish.
Genera: 17 families.
Food: omnivores.
Region: Australia, South America.
Form: perch-like, featuring a stocky build and a spine-bearing dorsal fin.
Size: 2.5 cm to 1.8 meters long.
Families
• Aplodactylidae
• Centrarchidae
• Cheilodactylidae
• Chironemidae
• Cirrhitidae
• Dichistiidae
• Elassomatidae; within Centrarchidae
• Enoplosidae
• Girellidae
• Kuhliidae
• Kyphosidae
• Latridae
• Oplegnathidae
• Percalatidae
• Percichthyidae
• Perciliidae
• Sinipercidae
• Terapontidae\