Percidae

Percidae is a family of ray-finned fish. They are endemic to freshwater environments around the world. They live in rivers and lakes.

 Characteristics 
The family is characterized by having the dorsal fin split into two which are normally separated or have a narrow connection, although this is wider in the genus Zingel.

 Systematics 

 Subfamily Percinae Rafinesque, 1815
 Genus Perca Linnaeus, 1758
 Subfamily Luciopercinae Jordan & Evermann, 1896
 Genus Sander Oken, 1817

 Subfamily Etheostomatinae Agassiz, 1850
 Genus Ammocrypta Jordan, 1877
 Genus Etheostoma Rafinesque, 1817
 Genus Nothonotus Putnam, 1863
 Genus Percina Haldeman, 1842

 Subfamily Percarininae Gill, 1861
 Genus Percarina Nordmann, 1840

 Fossil genera 

 †Mioplosus Cope, 1877
 †Priscacara Cope, 1877

 References 

Category:Freshwater fish
Category:Perciformes