WoRMS taxon details
Dinopercidae Heemstra & Hecht, 1986
- Genus Centrarchops Fowler, 1923
- Genus Dinoperca Boulenger, 1895
marine, terrestrial
Not documented
Description Habitat: demersal, on rocky reefs from a few meters to beyond 20 m depth Distribution: Angola (Centrarchops), south Africa...
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]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Dinopercidae Heemstra & Hecht, 1986. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=151435 on 2024-09-23
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taxonomy source
Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2024). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2024., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
basis of record Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2024). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2024., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
From other sources
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]
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English | cavebasses | [details] |