''Siniperca'' or the Chinese perch is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

temperate perch The members of the family Percichthyidae are known as the temperate perches. They belong to the order Perciformes, the perch-like fishes. The name Percichthyidae derives from the Latin ''perca'' for perch and Ancient Greek ἰχθύς, ''ichthy ...

es native to freshwater habitats in continental

East Asia East Asia is the eastern region of Asia, which is defined in both geographical and ethno-cultural terms. The modern states of East Asia include China, Japan, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, and Taiwan. China, North Korea, South Korea and ...

. Although its

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s can extend to

northern Vietnam Northern Vietnam ( vi, Bắc Bộ) is one of three geographical regions within Vietnam. It consists of three administrative regions: the Northwest (Vùng Tây Bắc), the Northeast (Vùng Đông Bắc), and the Red River Delta (Đồng Bằng S ...

, the majority of the species are entirely or largely restricted to

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are: * ''

Siniperca chuatsi ''Siniperca chuatsi'', the mandarin fish (,), is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish from the family Sinipercidae, the Oriental perches. It is the type species of the genus ''Siniperca'' (Chinese perches). Description ''Siniperca chautsi'' h ...

'' ( Basilewsky, 1855) (mandarin fish) * '' Siniperca fortis'' ( S. Y. Lin, 1932) * '' Siniperca kneri''

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, 1912 (big-eye mandarin fish) * '' Siniperca liuzhouensis'' C. W. Zhou, X. Y. Kong & S. R. Zhu, 1987 * '' Siniperca loona'' H. W. Wu, 1939 Song, S., Zhao, J. & Li, C. (2017): Species delimitation and phylogenetic reconstruction of the sinipercids (Perciformes: Sinipercidae) based on target enrichment of thousands of nuclear coding sequences. ''Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 111: 44-55.'' * '' Siniperca obscura''

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, 1930 * '' Siniperca roulei'' H. W. Wu, 1930 * ''

Siniperca scherzeri The golden mandarin fish (''Siniperca scherzeri''), also known as the leopard mandarin fish, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish, an Asian perch from the family Sinipercidae, which is native to eastern Asia (Korea, China, and Vietnam). Thi ...

Steindachner Franz Steindachner (11 November 1834 in Vienna – 10 December 1919 in Vienna) was an Austrian zoologist, ichthyologist, and herpetologist. He published over 200 papers on fishes and over 50 papers on reptiles and amphibians. Steindachner describ ...

, 1892 (golden or leopard mandarin fish) * '' Siniperca undulata'' P. W. Fang & L. T. Chong, 1932 * '' Siniperca vietnamensis'' Đ. Y. Mai, 1978

References

External links

* * Sinipercidae {{Perciformes-stub