WoRMS taxon details
Dinopercidae
AphiaID: 151435
AphiaID: 151435
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||
| Record status | Added by Database Management Team | |||||||
| Rank | Family | |||||||
| Parent | Perciformes | |||||||
| Source |
basis of record: Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] | |||||||
| Vernacular Names |
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| Direct child taxa [show all] | Genus Centrarchops Genus Dinoperca Boulenger, 1895 | |||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | |||||||
| Note |
Description: Habitat: demersal, on rocky reefs from a few meters to beyond 20 m depth Distribution: Angola (Centrarchops), south Africa and Western Indian Ocean (Dinoperca) Diagnostic characters: head, body and fins covered with small ctenoid scales; opercle ends in two points; dorsal fin with 9 to 11 spines and 18 to 20 soft-rays; soft dorsal and anal fins high anteriorly; lateral line extends to end of caudal fin [details] | |||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:151435 | |||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: WoRMS (2013). Dinopercidae. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=151435 on 2013-05-22 | ||||||||
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