Dinopercidae

The Dinopercidae, known commonly as the cavebasses, are a family of marine ray-finned fish from the perciform superfamily Percoidea.[3] They are native to the western Indian and the Atlantic coasts of Africa.[2]

Dinopercidae
Dinoperca petersi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Superfamily: Percoidea
Family: Dinopercidae
Heemstra & Hecht, 1986[1]
Genera[2]

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Genera

There are two genera within the family:[2]

See also

References

  1. Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 001–230.
  2. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2019). "Dinopercidae" in FishBase. December 2019 version.
  3. J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Wiley. p. 443. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6.

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