Caesioperca

Caesioperca is a genus of ray-finned fish in the sub-family Anthiinae in the sea bass family Serranidae. It contains just two species,[1][2] found in the ocean off Southern Australia and New Zealand.[3]

Caesioperca
Caesioperca lepidoptera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Serranidae
Subfamily: Anthiinae
Genus: Caesioperca
Castelnau, 1872[1]
Species

see text

Species

  • Caesioperca lepidoptera (Forster, 1801) (Butterfly perch)
  • Caesioperca rasor (Richardson, 1839) (Barber perch)

References

  1. Bailly, Nicolas (2013). "Caesioperca Castelnau, 1872". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2014-02-24.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). Species of Caesioperca in FishBase. May 2016 version.
  3. Hutchins, B., and R. Swainson (1996). Sea Fishes of Southern Australia. ISBN 978-1875169788
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