| Coreoperca | |
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| Japanese perch, C. kawamebari | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Sinipercidae |
| Genus: | Coreoperca Herzenstein, 1896[1] |
| Type species | |
| Coreoperca herzi Herzenstein, 1896[1] | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Coreoperca is a genus of temperate perches native to eastern Asia.[3] The members of the genus Coreoperca are known as the oriental perches or eastern perches, freshwater gamefish belonging to the family Sinipercidae. These fish prefer clear, slow-moving currents on the middle reaches of rivers. Eggs are laid in May and June on plants. The eggs and fry are protected by the male.
Species
The currently recognized species in this genus are:[3][4]
- Coreoperca herzi Herzenstein, 1896
- Coreoperca kawamebari (Temminck & Schlegel, 1843)(Japanese Perch, Redfin perch)
- Coreoperca liui L. Cao & X. F. Liang, 2013[4]
- Coreoperca whiteheadi Boulenger, 1900
References
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- 1 2 Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Coreoperca". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
- ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Sinipercidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
- 1 2 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). Species of Coreoperca in FishBase. February 2014 version.
- 1 2 Cao, L. & Liang, X.-F. (2013): A new freshwater perch species of the genus Coreoperca Herzenstein (Perciformes, Serranidae, Sinipercinae) from Zhejiang Province, China. Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica, 38 (4): 891-894.
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