''Dinoperca'' is a genus in the family

Dinopercidae The Dinopercidae, known commonly as the cavebasses, are a family of marine ray-finned fish from the perciform superfamily Percoidea. They are native to the western Indian and the Atlantic coasts of Africa. Genera There are two genera within the ...

(cavebasses). It contains the single species ''Dinoperca petersi'', the lampfish, which is native to

reefs A reef is a ridge or shoal of rock, coral or similar relatively stable material, lying beneath the surface of a natural body of water. Many reefs result from natural, abiotic processes— deposition of sand, wave erosion planing down rock out ...

of the western

Indian Ocean The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or ~19.8% of the water on Earth's surface. It is bounded by Asia to the north, Africa to the west and Australia to the east. To the south it is bounded by th ...

, where it can be found down to depths of . It prefers to inhabit the spaces under ledges, as well as the mouths of caves. This species grows to in

total length Fish measurement is the measuring of individual fish and various parts of their anatomies. These data are used in many areas of ichthyology, including taxonomy and fisheries biology. Overall length * Standard length (SL) is the length of a fish ...

. It is of minor importance to local

commercial fisheries Commercial fishing is the activity of catching fish and other seafood for commercial profit, mostly from wild fisheries. It provides a large quantity of food to many countries around the world, but those who practice it as an industry must often ...

, but is popular as a

sport fish Game fish, sport fish or quarry refer to popular fish pursued by recreational anglers, and can be freshwater or saltwater fish Saltwater fish, also called marine fish or sea fish, are fish that live in seawater. Saltwater fish can swim and live ...

. The identity of the person honoured in the

specific name Specific name may refer to: * in Database management systems, a system-assigned name that is unique within a particular database In taxonomy, either of these two meanings, each with its own set of rules: * Specific name (botany), the two-part (bino ...

is not stated but Day thanks "''Professor Peters''" for his assistance in identifying the type who was Director of the Berlin Museum, this refers to

Wilhelm Peters Wilhelm Karl Hartwich (or Hartwig) Peters (22 April 1815 in Koldenbüttel – 20 April 1883) was a German natural history, naturalist and explorer. He was assistant to the anatomist Johannes Peter Müller and later became curator of the Natural ...

(1815-1883).

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Dinopercidae Fish described in 1875 Monotypic marine fish genera {{Percoidea-stub