Centrarchinae

Centrarchinae Temporal range: Early Oligocene–present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Centrarchus macropterus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Centrarchiformes
Family:	Centrarchidae
Subfamily:	Centrarchinae Bleeker, 1859 [1]

Centrarchinae is a subfamily of freshwater ray-finned fish, one of three subfamilies in the family Centrarchidae, the sunfishes.

Genera

The following genera are classified as being in the subfamily Centrarchinae: ^{[2] [3]}

• Acantharchus Gill, 1864
• Ambloplites Rafinesque, 1820
• Archoplites Gill, 1861
• Centrarchus Cuvier, 1829
• Enneacanthus Gill, 1864
• Pomoxis Rafinesque, 1818

In addition, the following fossil genera are also placed in this subfamily based on their diagnostic fin rays: ^[4]

• † Boreocentrarchus Schlaikjer, 1937 (Late Oligocene/Early Miocene of Alaska)
• † Plioplarchus Cope, 1883 (Early Oligocene to Middle Miocene of the Dakotas and Oregon)

References

1. Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 001–230. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 . PMID   25543675.
2. J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Wiley. pp. 444–446. ISBN   978-1-118-34233-6. Archived from the original on 2019-04-08. Retrieved 2020-05-21.
3. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Centrarchidae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 21 May 2020.
4. Cooke, S. J.; Philipp, D. P., eds. (2009-05-28). Centrarchid Fishes. Wiley. doi:10.1002/9781444316032. ISBN   978-1-4051-3342-5.