Siniperca Explained

Siniperca or the Chinese perch is a genus of centrarchiform ray-finned fish native to freshwater habitats in continental East Asia. Although its native ranges can extend to northern Vietnam, the majority of the species are entirely or largely restricted to China.

Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are:

• Siniperca chuatsi (Basilewsky, 1855) (mandarin fish)
• Siniperca fortis (S. Y. Lin, 1932)
• Siniperca kneri Garman, 1912 (big-eye mandarin fish)
• Siniperca liuzhouensis C. W. Zhou, X. Y. Kong & S. R. Zhu, 1987
• Siniperca loona H. W. Wu, 1939 ^[1]
• Siniperca obscura Nichols, 1930
• Siniperca roulei H. W. Wu, 1930
• Siniperca scherzeri Steindachner, 1892 (golden or leopard mandarin fish)
• Siniperca undulata P. W. Fang & L. T. Chong, 1932
• Siniperca vietnamensis Đ. Y. Mai, 1978

Notes and References

1. 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.