Percarina

Percarina
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Percidae
Subfamily:	Percinae
Genus:	Percarina Nordmann, 1840
Type species
Percarina demidoffii Nordmann, 1840 [1]

Percarina is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Percidae found in eastern Europe. They are characterised by having the first dorsal fin, having 9-11 spines and being widely separated from the second dorsal fin. ^[2]

Previously, they were treated as the only taxon in the monotypic subfamily Percarininae, ^[3] but they are now placed with the perches and ruffes in the Percinae. ^[4]

Species

There are currently two recognised species in the genus: ^[5]

• Percarina demidoffii Nordmann, 1840 (Common percarina)
• Percarina maeotica Kuznetsov, 1888 (Azov percarina)

References

1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Percarina". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 14 September 2020.
2. Carol A. Stepien & Amanda Haponski (2015). "Taxonomy, Distribution, and Evolution of the Percidae". In Patrick Kestemont; Konrad Dabrowski & Robert C. Summerfelt (eds.). Biology and Culture of Percid Fishes. Springer, Dordrecht. pp. 3–60. doi:10.1007/978-94-017-7227-3_1. ISBN   978-94-017-7227-3.
3. J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Wiley. pp. 448–450. ISBN   978-1-118-34233-6.
4. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Percidae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 11 September 2020.
5. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Percarina". FishBase . December 2019 version.